In childhood, our senses connect you to your environment. With information gathered by your senses, you can learn and make more informed decisions. Bitter taste, for example, can alert you to potentially harmful foods. Chirps and tweets from birds tell you trees and water are likely close.
Sensations are collected by sensory organs and interpreted in the brain. But how does information like texture and light make it to your body’s command center? There is a specialized branch of the nervous system dedicated to your senses. And you may have guessed that it’s called the sensory nervous system.
Your brain relies on your sensory organs to collect sensory information. The organs involved in your five senses are:
Ears (hearing)
Skin and hair (touch)
Eyes (sight)
Tongue (taste)
Nose (smell)
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