The sense of touch

We use our skin to touch and feel objects.

Nerve sensors in the skin detect the temperature –hot, cold, warm- and texture –rough, smooth- of objects.

We feel temperature and texture.

1. Temperature: hot or cold.
2.  Texture:

Rough or smooth.
Hard or soft.

The sense of smell

 We can smell with our nose.

The nose has 2 external cavities called the nostrils. They take the air into the nose.

The sense of tasting

We taste with our tongue to find out the flavour of food. The sense of smell is also important to taste.

The taste buds contain the receptors for taste.

Taste buds are located in the tongue according to the flavor they can distinguish:

-salty and sweet: near the front.

-sour: at both sides.

-bitter: at the back.

Taste, or gustatory perception, is one of our basic senses. It tells us from early childhood what is edible and what is not, what is good for our body and what can be potentially dangerous. Taking into account how important the sense of taste is for us, it is surprising how little we know about the underlying neurological mechanisms that produce the sensation of taste. 

The food has moleculs that the tonge perceives and informs to the brain about the taste and if it is good or bad. 

Parts:

There are 9 parts:

Epiglottis, lingual tonsils, circumballate popilloe, median sulcus of the tonge, dorsum of the tonge, fungiform popillae, foliate popillae, palatine tonsils and palatopharyngeal arch.

Most of people think that they are 5 tastes, but actually there is a new one, which is umami.

Finally, here is a video about umami.

 

The sense of hearing

We use our ears to hear things. Some sounds are nice, such as music, and others are loud and noisy; for instance, someone shouting .

The ear: sounds enter the outer ear and travel to the eardrum along the ear canal.

Three small bones, the hammer, anvil and stirrup, make sounds louder.

The sound goes to the brain through the auditory nerve.

Have and Have got

 

As English teachers, sometimes we get asked this question and it can be a bit difficult to answer, simply because both forms are almost identical. That is, you can use either of them to express possession. The main difference between them concerns the style: have got is more informal than have. So, for example, it is not the same to ask

• Have you got 5 pounds? (informal) 0r
• Do you have 5 pounds? (formal)

 

Additionally, have got is normally used in British English, whereas have is preferred by the Americans.

Now, grammatically, we need to consider a few particularities. Have got is only used in the present simple form. This means that we cannot say, for example:

• I had got 2 packets of sugar (correct form: I had two packets of sugar)
• He has had got 20 minutes to pack his suitcases (correct form: he has had 20 minutes to pack his suitcases)

 

Have got can be abbreviated, whereas have, on its own, cannot:

• I’ve got 10 pounds in my wallet – I have 10 pounds in my wallet (NOT I’ve 10 pounds in my wallet)
• She’s got a very nice dress – She has a very nice dress (NOT She’s a very nice dress)

 

Similarly, in its negative form:

• You haven’t got any brothers or sisters – You don’t have any brothers or sisters (NOT You haven’t any brothers or sisters)

 

Have got does not need an auxiliary verb when we use it in questions or in the negative form. Have, on the other hand, needs the auxiliary do:

1. Have you got a piece of paper? (NOT Do you have got a piece of paper?
2. Yes, I have/No, I haven’t
3. Do you have a piece of paper? (NOT Have you a piece of paper?)
4. Yes, I do/No, I don’t

 

Last, but not least, remember that have got only refers to possession whereas “have” can have other meanings and uses as well: "tomar", "haber", or auxiliary verb for perfect tenses.

Now let’s put this into practice:

Ex. 1

                   Ex. 2

                                      Ex. 3

                                                            Ex. 4

The sight

The sense of sight let us see colours, shapes, sizes, brightness  and distances. We need light in order to see the objects. Eyes Eyes are the organs for sight. Eyes have different parts: The parts that protect the eye The eyebrows and the eyelashes prevent harmful things,  like sweat or dust, from entering the eye. There are two eyelids on each eye. The upper eyelid is  larger and it opens and closes when we blink. The tear glands produce tears.

• The parts responsible for vision:
  
  
• The iris is the coloured part of the eye. It controls the amount of light that enters the eye.
  
  
• The pupil is in the center of the iris. Light enters through the pupil to the inside of the eye.
  
  
• The lens is inside the eye. It is behind the pupil and the iris. It also helps us to see objects in focus.
  
  
• The retina is at the back of the eye. The light entering the eye travels until it reaches the retina. The optic nerve is attached to the retina.

How does the sense of sight work? How do we see?

Light enter the eye through the pupil. It travels through the lens; the lens focuses the objects we see.

When the light reaches the retina, it percieves different sensations: colour, shape and size.

This information goes to the optic nerve. This nerve carries the information to the brain.

The five senses

aalavech · The five senses and the interaction function

The knee

 

Human skeleton

Functions of the human skeleton

The human skeleton performs six major functions; support, movement, protection, production of blood cells, storage of minerals, and endocrine regulation.

1. Support

• The skeleton provides the framework which supports the body and maintains its shape.
• The pelvis, associated ligaments and muscles provide a floor for the pelvic structures.
• Without the rib cages, costal cartilages, and intercostal muscles, the lungs would collapse.

2. Movement

• The joints between bones allow movement, some allowing a wider range of movement than others, e.g. the ball and socket joint allows a greater range of movement than the pivot joint at the neck.
• Muscles, bones, and joints provide the principal mechanics for movement, all coordinated by the nervous system.

3. Protection

• The skeleton helps to protect our many vital internal organs from being damaged.
• The skull protects the brain
• The vertebrae protect the spinal cord.
• The rib cage, spine, and sternum protect the lungs, heart and major blood vessels.

4. Blood cell production

• The skeleton is the site of haematopoiesis, the development of blood cells that takes place in the bone marrow.
• In children, haematopoiesis occurs primarily in the marrow of the long bones such as the femur and tibia.
• In adults, it occurs mainly in the pelvis, cranium, vertebrae, and sternum.

5. Storage

• The bone matrix can store calcium for calcium metabolism, and bone marrow can store iron in ferritin for iron metabolism.
• However, bones are not entirely made of calcium, but a mixture of chondroitin sulfate and hydroxyapatite, the latter making up 70% of a bone.
• Hydroxyapatite is in turn composed of 39.8% of calcium, 41.4% of oxygen, 18.5% of phosphorus, and 0.2% of hydrogen by mass.
• Chondroitin sulfate is a sugar made up primarily of oxygen and carbon.

6. Endocrine regulation

• Bone cells release a hormone called osteocalcin, which contributes to the regulation of blood sugar (glucose) and fat deposition.
• Osteocalcin increases both the insulin secretion and sensitivity, in addition to boosting the number of insulin-producing cells and reducing stores of fat.

Vocabulary connected with anatomy (unit 1)

Let's revise the vocabulary of Unit 1!

Present Simple

 

 

The verb "have got"

Watch the video and answers the different questions that are presented to you during the video.

The video contains pictures from the movie "The Croods" and the main aim of the activity is to learn and practise how to describe people and their appearance.

Ex. 1

Verb to be

Here you have mind map for the verb TO BE and the personal pronouns.

In these videos, you can watch a tutorial about the verb to be with some sentences to practice.