Sensory Processing - Vision, Hearing, Taste

These help us perceive things in the natural world.  They help us see, hear, smell, taste, and feel.

• Seeing Organs
• Sensory Organs
• Processing Organs
• Five Organs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The eyes detect visible light that reflects off objects in the natural world.  The eyes send information to the brain which produces an image of the objects we see.

• Smell
• Vision
• Hearing
• Taste

Sound waves cause structures in the ear to vibrate.  The ears send information about the vibrations to the brain which allows us to hear sound.

• Hearing
• Smell
• Touch
• Taste

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Another name for gustation

• Taste

• Smell

• Touch

• Vision

The space between the cornea and the lens.  Filled with fluid called aqueous humor.

• Anterior Chamber
• Cornea
• Lens
• Pupil

Round/dark center of the eye.  It opens and closes to control the amount of light that enters the eye.

• Anterior Chamber
• Pupil
• Iris
• Cornea

Colored part of the eye that surrounds the pupil.  It acts like a diaphragm that opens and closes the pupil.

• Anterior Chamber
• Pupil
• Iris
• Lens

The clear part of the eye that covers the iris and pupil.  Allows light to enter the eye.

• Lens
• Cornea
• Pupil
• Iris

Spherical structure behind the cornea.  It focuses light onto the retina.

• Retina
• Lens
• Pupil
• Sclera

The "inside" of the eye filled with a clear jelly called vitreous humor.  Helps an eye retain the shape.

• Vitreous Body
• Anterior Chamber
• Retina
• Sclera