science

definition of five senses

People interact, know and recognize our environment thanks to the senses that we have and that are five: smell, sight, taste, touch and hearing.

Each of them depends on a concrete organ to develop its function: the smell of the nose, the sight of the eyes, the taste of the mouth, the touch of the hands and the hearing of the earMeanwhile, these organs have the responsibility of capturing certain impressions that are immediately transmitted to the brain, and this, thanks to its fantastic dexterity, will transform them into sensations that will allow us to feel cold or heat in the hand, feel a smell pleasant or unpleasant, seeing someone we love, hearing a noise, music and feeling a sweet taste, or on the contrary, very salty.

That is, it is the brain that will tell us when something is cold, sweet, discern a noise, among others ...

Punctually with our eyes we see the things and people around us. The eyes provide us with knowledge of the shapes, size, distance and color of all of them.

For its part, smell brings us, through the nose, smells of all kinds. We have mucous membranes in our noses that allow us to take in smells so that the brain then tells us what kind of smell we are facing.

Inside our ears is the organ that we call ear and that is precisely what allows us to hear all sounds that are generated around us, and then, once its messages have been interpreted, the brain will tell us what sound we are facing.

The taste buds that are tiny bumps that are inside our mouth, and more precisely under the tongue, are responsible for detecting the taste (sweet, salty, acid or bitter) that the food and drinks that enter our mouth have. .

And touch, through our hands, makes it easier for us to feel the characteristics of the things we touch. If something is hard or soft, if it is smooth or has a certain roughness, if it is hot, cold or warm, we will know it thanks to the sense of touch.

Any abnormality or problem that is suffered in the organ of some of the aforementioned senses will of course complicate its task, neutralizing it directly, or preventing it from developing normally.

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