1. Chapter 11 Sensory & Nervous System
Objectives

2. The sensory system makes us aware of what is happening in and around us.
Our sense organs provide us with information about our surroundings.

7. Responding to a Stimulus
Pouring a cup of tea – the eye detects that the cup is almost full of tea (stimulus) – message is sent along a nerve from the eye to the brain – brain decides to stop pouring the tea- brain sends message along another nerve down the spinal cord and out to the muscles in the arm or hand – we respond by raising the teapot away from the cup.