sense organs
Biological input devices
Sense organs are the parts of the body that detect stimuli from the environment and transmit information to the nervous system.
The classic five—eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin—correspond to sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, though the body has additional sensors for balance, temperature, pain, and internal states.
The sense organs send signals to the brain for interpretation.
Organs of sight
- earsAuditory organs, paired
- noseOlfactory facial organ
- tongueOral muscle for taste
- skinBody's outer layer
retina · cochlea · eardrum · cornea · iris · pupil · taste buds · optic nerve
eyes
Organs of sight
skin · retina · cochlea · eardrum · cornea · iris · pupil · taste buds · optic nerve · auditory canal
vision
Ability to see
touch · sight · sound · aroma · flavor · texture · awareness · acuity · sensitivity · discrimination
neuron
Impulse-conducting cell
neurotransmitter · axon · dendrite · cortex · afferent · efferent · pathway · processing · signal · brain
- psychepsyche, soul, mind, ego, id
- ectodermepidermis, nervous system, brain, neurons, neural tube
- Samkhyarajas, unmanifest, manifest, enumeration, dualism
sense organsmuscles
Contractile body tissue
effectors · glands · skeletal muscles · muscular system · vocal cords
sense organsbrain
Seat of cognition
central nervous system · cerebral cortex · mind · cerebrum · spinal cord
sense organsinternal organs
Bodily structures within torsos
viscera · endocrine glands · digestive organs · vital organs
sense, sensitive, organ, senses, sensation, sensible, insensitive, sensor, sensory