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  • What is the function of the saliva?
    To keep our mouth clean and healthy to help us to star digesting the food we eat
  • Why are eyelids and eyelashes important?
    They protect our eyes from dirt and dust
  • What do we call the electrical signal nerve cells transmit?
    Nerve impulses
  • Which layer helps us keep warm?
    The fatty layer
  • The retina is conected to...
    The optic nerve
  • Is responsible of balance, movement and coordination
    Cerebellum
  • Where do sound waves caouse vibrations when we hear?
    In the eardrum
  • We can detect flavour with our...
    Tongue
  • How it is called the colour part of the eye?
    The iris
  • Why do we have small hairs in our nostrils?
    To filter dirt and dust from the air we inhale before it goes into our lungs.
  • Nerve tissue is made up of this type of cells
    Nerve cells or neurons
  • Name the layers of the skin
    Epidermis, dermis and fatty tissue
  • What part of the nose detects gases from the air and send them to the olfactory nerve?
    The olfactory cells
  • The small bones or ossicles are made up of three bones. Can you name them?
    Hammer, anvil, and stirrup
  • It connects the brain with the spinal cord and it also controls some involuntary actions
    Brainstem
  • Name the type of nerves we have
    Sensory nerves and motor nerves
  • We can detect smell with our...
    Nose
  • The space between nerve cells is called...
    Synapse
  • What is the name of the layer of skin that has nerve endings?
    The dermis
  • What is the name of the layer that gives us our skin colour?
    The epidermis
  • Which are the tastes that taste buds can detect? Point where are they in your tongue
    Sweet, salty, sour, bitter
  • Why is it important the wax in our ear?
    To protect our inner ear from bacteria, dirt and water. It helps us to keep our ear healthy
  • This type of nerve recive messages from the environment and send them to the brain
    Sensory nerves
  • What does the olfactory nerve do?
    Transmits the impulses to the brain
  • What should you do if you get dust in your eyes?
    Blink more quickly
  • Name the parts of a nerve cell
    Cell body, axon and dendrites
  • These types of nerves transmite the messages they recibe from the brain to the muscles
    Motor nerves
  • Our nervous system is made up of...?
    The brain, the spinal cord and the nerves
  • This part of the eye, focuses light onto the retina
    The lens
  • What are tears made of?
    Water, oil and minerals
  • The taste buds produce nerve impulses and transmit them to the...
    Gustatory nerves
  • The ear is divided into three parts. Can you name them?
    Outer ear, middle ear and inner ear
  • What does the cornea protect?
    The iris and the pupil
  • It controls our intelligence, memory, personality, emotion, speech and the ability to feel and move
    The cerebrum
  • They are pink bumps that can detect specal chemicals in the things you eat and drink
    Taste buds
  • What part of the ear changes sound vibrations into nerve impulses?
    The cochlea
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