{"id":6779,"date":"2021-02-15T03:38:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T03:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=6779"},"modified":"2021-02-15T04:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T04:36:19","slug":"our-five-senses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/our-five-senses\/","title":{"rendered":"Our five senses"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6779\" class=\"elementor elementor-6779\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f2cfec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f2cfec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca4b52a\" 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jet-nav__item-6791 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/our-five-senses\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Our five senses<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6800 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-sight-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of sight<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6803 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-hearing-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of hearing<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6818 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-touch-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of touch<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6836 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-smell-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of smell<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6851 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-taste-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of taste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-596b719 elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What will happen if a person cannot feel, see, hear, smell or receive any form of signal from its environment? In many instances, if a person loses one or two of his senses, the remaining senses tend to be very sharp and can use those to survive.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Our five senses, sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste, play unique roles. These senses are controlled by organs such as the eye, ear, tongue, and so on. Organs are activated by very tiny things called neurons. Let us briefly see the role neurons play in our bodies.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Neurons are tiny units in our body that process data (electrochemical signals) to and from the brain. Some neurons (belonging to a network) connect and add up their signals before they send it to the central nervous system and then to the brain.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The illustration below shows the basic structure of a neuron.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6785\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nerve.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nerve.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nerve-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nerve-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Here is how a neuron works:<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Many dendrites receive impulses and join up in the soma. If the signal is strong enough to become an electrochemical signal, the signal passes through the axon and the axon terminal. Here, it connects with many other neurons in the network, and together, they send the bigger signal to the brain.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Special neurons, called sensory receptors, do not receive impulses from other neurons but can receive stimulation such as light, sound, heat, and pressure directly from the external environment. When more of such impulses are received, they are added up to form an electrical discharge (electrochemical signal). This electrical discharge is also known as an action potential. Then, they transmit the electrochemical signal to other neurons in the network. It is why they are called sensory receptors.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sensory receptors are contained in specific organs. 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