Sense (pt.1)

is the ability to perceive stimuli

• Sense

• Sensation

• Perception

is the process initiated by stimulating

sensory receptors

• Sense

• Sensation

• Perception

is the conscious awareness of those stimuli

• Sense

• Sensation

• Perception

have receptors distributed over a large part of the

body

• General senses

• Special senses

are more specialized in

structure and are localized to specific parts of

the body

• General senses

• Special senses

provide sensory information

about the body and the environment.

provide information about

various internal organs, primarily involving pain

and pressure.

is the capability of the eye(s)

to focus and detect images of visible light on

photoreceptors in the retina of each eye that

generates electrical nerve impulses for varying

colors, hues, and brightness.

• Smell

• Hearing

• Vision

• Taste

also called tactition or

mechanoreception, is a perception resulting from

activation of neural receptors, generally in the skin

including hair follicles, but also in the tongue, throat, and

mucosa.

• Touch

• Smell

• Hearing

• Taste

is the sense of sound

perception.