Sense organs brief description
Posted On February 1, 2019
Excerpts from previous naturopathy assignments HLT60512. Sense organs brief description
Vision
Light hits rods and cones at the back of the eye and travels to the visual vortex in the occipital lobe via the optic nerve.
Hearing
The cochlear nerve transfers vibrations to the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe first then to the parietal and frontal lobes in the cerebral cortex for processing.
Smell
Olfactory receptors in the nose transfer smell along the olfactory nerve to the ‘bulb’ in the limbic system which is part of the telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon.
Taste
Gustatory receptors (taste buds) send information to the gustatory cortex found in the frontal lobe of the brain.
Heather Indiana Rose
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