Sense Receptors

What do sense receptors do?

• Send information to your brain so your body can take in information and respond appropriately.

• Send information to your muscles so you can look strong

• Send information to your stomach so you will know when you eat good food.

• None of the above

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Your body contains sense receptors that _________________ so your body can take in information and respond appropriately.

• send information to your brain

• warm your body

• keep you happy

• send information to your heart

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What are the nerves that receive sensory information called?

• Sensory receptors

• Stimulus

• Perception

• None of the above

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Different sense receptors are located in different parts of the body. How might sensory receptors in the nose different from those in other parts of the body?

• larger than other kinds of receptors

• sensitive to changes in the air

• able to send information to the muscles

• faster at processing information

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The sense of ______________ is possible due to sensory receptors in our eyes.

• sight

• smell

• touch

• hearing

• taste

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The sense of ____________ is possible due to sensory receptors in our tongue.

• sight

• smell

• touch

• hearing

• taste

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The sense of ___________ is possible due to sensory receptors in our skin.

• sight

• smell

• touch

• hearing

• taste

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Which part of the body is the "control center" that receives information from the sensory receptors?

• brain

• spinal cord

• nerve endings

• vertebrae

Which answer below correctly orders the steps that our nervous system takes to sense the world around us?

• Sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information, then the message/signal travels through our nerves to our brain, and finally the brain processes this information and decides what to do

• Messages/signals travel through our nerves to our brain, then the brain processes this information and decides what to do, and finally the sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information

• The brain processes information and decides what to do, then sensory receptors in our sense organs receive information, and finally the message/signal travels through our nerves to our brain

The part of the nervous system that carries signals/messages from our sensory receptors to our brain are ______________.

• nerves

• hormones

• intestines

• bones