1.

SENSORY ORGANS
Sensory Organs, Senses and Stimuli (pg. 3-4, 103)
1)

Stimuli
is
_____________________________________________________________
Examples
of
stimuli
are
__________________________________________________
2)
Sensory
Organs
is
______________________________________________________
Senses in humans [pg. 3]

3)

Relation between sensory organs, stimuli and senses in human beings.

Sensory Organs
T
E
E
N
S

Stimulus/stimuli detected

Sense
SENSE OF SIGHT

SOUND
SENSE OF TOUCH

Response to stimuli (pg. 4)

4)
5)

6)

7)
8)

Response
is
[pg.
103]
__________________________________________________________
Receptors
are
[pg.
103]_________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_____________
Nerve
impulse
are
[pg.
102]______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_____________
Effectors
are
[pg.
4]
___________________________________________________________
Common pathway on detecting a stimulus and producing a response in human
beings:
Nerve impulse

Nerve impulse

Stimulus
Brain
Response
1.2

Nerve impulse

Nerve impulse

SENSE OF TOUCH (pg. 5-7)

1) The skin is the sensory organ for touch.
2) The
skin
can
detect
changes
in
______________________________________________________
3) The skin consists of two main layers, the _____________________ and the
__________________
4) The epidermis is
________________________________________________________________
5) The
dermis
__________________________________________________________________
___
6)

7)
The
skin has
to
detect
Receptors in the skin
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

special receptors
each of these stimuli (pg. 6)
Type of stimuli detected

8) When the _____________ in the skin ___________________, they send

_______________ along the ________ to the brain. __________ interprets the
impulses as the _______________________.
9) Sensitivity of the skin (pg. 7)
The
sensitivity
of
the
skin
depends
on
________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
____.
HOMEWORK : PLEASE DO CHECKPOINT 1.1[pg. 5] & 1.2 [pg. 8 ]
PMR PRACTICE!

A
B
C
D

1.3

3. Which of the following

sensory organs detect
chemical stimuli?
The eye and the ears
The ears and the nose
The eyes and the tongue
The nose and the tongue

A
B
C
D

2. The sensory receptors

1. Which of the following
that are not present in
substances cannot be
the skin are the
detected by the receptors
on the tongue?
Heat receptors
A
Salt
Pressure receptors
B
Sugar
Touch receptors
C
Chili
Sweat receptors
D
Vinegar

SENSE OF SMELL [pg. 8]

1) Cross section of the human nose:
Nerve to the brain

Layer of mucus

2) The two holes in our nose, called ____________, open into a hollow space called
the _________________.
3) The nasal cavity is lined with mucous. The mucous lining
________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
_____________
4) The
roof
of
the
nasal
cavity
has
many
____________________________________ to detect smell.
5) How smells are detected:
a. When
air
is
breathe
in
______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________
____________
____________________________________________________________
____________
6) If we smell something for a long time, the sensory cells
__________________________________
________________________________________. The sensitivity to smell varies
with individuals.
7) Smell pathway from stimulus to the brain.
Chemicals in the air

Brain

HOMEWORK : PLEASE DO CHECKPOINT 1.3 [pg. 9]

PMR PRACTICE!

A
B
C
D

1.4

6. Why does a person with

a cold find his food
tasteless?
He is too tired and sleepy.
His medicine causes this side effect
His sense of sight is effected by his cold
His sense of smell is affected by his cold.
4. ofThe
part labeled as P is
The sense of smell helps the sense
taste.
the
A
Nostril
B
Mucous layer
C
Nasal cavity
D
Nerve

A
B
C
D

5. The mucous layer in the

walls of the nasal cavity
Contains the smell recepto
Dissolves the chemicals th
Transmits the impulses to
Blocks the flow of air in th

SENSE OF TASTE [pg. 9-11]

1) The sensory organ for taste is the ____________________
2) Our
tongue
can
detect
four
basic
tastes:
_______________________________________________
3) Different
areas
of
the
tongue
are
_____________________________________________________
4) Our tongue is lined with __________________ which contains many
_______________________
5) Label the taste areas on the tongue:
Taste pore
Epithelialpore

6) Our ___________________ improves our ______________________

7) As
we
chew,
__________________________________________________________________
__
__________________________________________________________________
_____________
__________________________________________________________________
_____________
These
chemicals
_________________________________________________________________
8) Taste pathway from the stimulus to the brain:
Chemicals in the food

Brain

9) Do you notice that food is tasteless when you have a cold? [pg. 11]
This
is
because
smell
from
the
food
_________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________
PMR PRACTICE!

A
B
C
D

A
B
C
D
1.5

7. An accident victim has lost his

sense of smell. He is unable to
determine the taste of the food
he eats because
The nostrils do not have a mucous lining
The sense of smell improves the sense o
The taste buds are destroyed
The nerve connecting the taste buds
brain is damaged

8.
Sea
Ice
Lime juice
water
cream
P
Q
S
P
Q
R
Q
P
R
S
Q
P
SENSE OF HEARING [pg. 12-14]
1) The _____ is the sensory organ of _______________________
2) Most of the ear are situated in the ________________________
3) Each part of the ear carries out a specific function. What are their functions?

(i)

Label
(a)

Name of the part

(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)

(g)
(h)
(i)

4)

Function

HOW DO WE HEAR?
Ear Pinna

Brain

PMR PRACTICE!
9) & 10)

1.6

SENSE OF SIGHT [pg. 14-18]

1) The sense of sight is very important to us. We can obtain a lot of information
about an object with just a glance at it its ______________, ________________,
_________________ and colour.
2) The ______ are the sensory organ of sight. They are sensitive to light.
3) Each eye is a ________________
4) The eyelid, a ________________________________________
5) The eyeball is held in _________________________________
6) The wall of the eyeball is made up of three layers: _________, ___________, and
the __________
7)
(m)

(n)

(o)

8) State the function of each part of the structure of human eye.

Structure
Retina
Choroid
Sclera
Iris
Ciliary body
Lens
Optic nerve
Conjunctiva
Cornea
Aqueous humour
Vitreous humour
Suspensory ligaments
Yellow spot

Function

Blind spot
Pupil

9) Complete the flow chart below to show the path of light from the cornea in the
eye to the brain.
Cornea

Brain

HOMEWORK :
PMR PRACTICE!
no. 11 and 12

Describe how our eyes work? [pg.18]