The Five Senses

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff Updated by an Factmonster Editor on February 21, 2017

Each person has five sense organs that take in information from your environment and send it to your brain. Your brain then processes the information and tells your body how to respond. The sense organs are your eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin.

Sense	Organ	Job
Sight	Eyes	Detect color and light
Hearing	Ears	Detect sound
Smell	Nose	Detects scents
Taste	Tongue	Detects tastes: sweet, salty, sour and bitter
Touch	Skin	Detects pain, pressure, heat and cold

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