AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The body senses the environment through the eyes, skin, ears, mouth and nose. These organs are called:
A
Motor organs
B
Sensory organs
C
Nerves
D
Neurons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sense organs are the specialized organs composed of sensory neurons, which help us to perceive and respond to our surroundings. There are five sense organs – eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Much of this information comes through the sensory organs: the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin. Specialized cells and tissues within these organs receive raw stimuli and translate them into signals the nervous system can use.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sensory division of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) includes several sense organs-the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and skin. Each sense organ has special cells, called sensory receptors, that respond to a particular type of stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Humans have various sensory organs (i.e. eyes, ears, skin, nose, and mouth) that correspond to a respective visual system (sense of vision), auditory system (sense of hearing), somatosensory system (sense of touch), olfactory system (sense of smell), and gustatory system (sense of taste).

Detailed explanation-5: -To see we use our eyes, to hear we use our ears, to smell we use our nose, to taste we use our tongue, and we touch with the help of tongue. So basically, human beings have five sense organs i.e. eyes, ear, nose, tongue, and skin.

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