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What Are The Five Traditional Senses

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Internet Activity #6 The five traditional senses have been around since the time of Aristotle. Each sensory organ is made up of cells that have receptors for stimuli. In this way, the cells are linked to the nervous system and the brain. The senses are very primitive functions of the cells. Humans’ most developed sense is sight. The eye is the sensory organ for sight. Visual input from the eyes is mapped by the back of the brain, and it is combined into one image, combining the image from both eyes into one. The brain flips images to look right side up because the focusing action of the lense causes images to appear upside down to the retina. Light is focused on the retina through a transparent lens. Rods and cones cover the retina. Cone

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