Glossary
A
- auditory nerve
- - the nerve that takes sound from the ear to the brain
B
- Braille
- - a system of writing for use by the blind
C
- cartilage
- - a flexible tissue of the body such as the nose or ear is made of
- cochlea
- - a spiral shaped part of the inner ear
- concentration
- - a large collection or close
- cones
- - the part of the retina which sees color
E
- eyeball
- - the organ of the body which sees
I
- inner ear
- - the part of the ear where sound vibrations are sent to the brain
L
- lens
- - the portion of the eye that bends light to focus images on the retina
M
- membrane
- - a body tissue
- molecules
- - a small particle of material
- mucous membranes
- - a body tissue that lines air passages and is in contact with air
N
- nerve endings
- - the part of the nerve that has the sensory receptors
O
- olfactory
- - organs of the nose that perceive smell
- optic nerve
- - the nerve that takes messages from the eye to the brain
- organ
- - a part of a living organism that has a specific job
- outer ear
- - the part of the ear that captures sound and sends it to the inner ear
P
- papillae
- - small bumps on the tongue that sense taste
- perceive
- - identify, recognize
- peripheral
- - side vision - around the edges or side
R
- receptors
- - special cells that respond to input of the senses
- retina
- - the back portion of the eye on which images are sensed
- rods
- - the parts of the eye which sense dark and light
S
- sensitivity
- - the ability to react to senses
T
- temperature
- - a measure of warmth or coldness
- translates
- - to put in understandable terms
- tympanic membrane
- - also called the eardrum
V
- vibrations
- - the rhythmic movement of a material
