Senses Review (Ear and Eye)

True or False: Hearing and sight are special senses, because they are controlled by localized organs.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Match the following parts of the human eye with their functions.

• Clear tissue at front of eye; protection

• Cornea

• White of eye; gives shape/ protection

• Sclera

• Contains photoreceptors to detect light

• Retina

• Hole in eye

• Pupil

• Controls the size of the pupil

• Iris

Match the following parts of the eye with their descriptions.

• Jelly-like fluid filling most of eye

• Optic Nerve

• Clear fluid between cornea and pupil

• Blind Spot

• Where optic nerve connects to retina

• Lens

• Disc that focuses light on the retina

• Aqueous Humor

• Connects eyes to brain

• Vitreous Humor

Match the following parts of the ear with their descriptions.

• Tubes with fluid that help with balance

• Ossicles

• Snail-like structure with fluid/hairs

• Semicircular canals

• Eardrum

• Cochlea

• Small bones that amplify sound waves

• Tympanic membrane

Which is NOT one of the ossicles (little bones) in your ears?

• Stapes

• Malleus

• Incus

• Pinna