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It is the brain, not the sense organs, that interprets the stimulus. Sense organs are transducers. They transform the energy of a stimulus to the energy of nerve impulses.

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It is the co-ordinated process by which stimulus passes to the brain via sense organs or sensory receptors. These receptors are transducers that convert various forms of energy in the environment into action potentials in neurons. The form of energy converted by the receptors include, mechanical, thermal, electromagnetic and chemical energy. Information about the internal and external environment reaches to the sensory receptors which in turn after getting adequate stimulus, transfer it to the brain through nerve impluses. Then the brain gives response for the stimulus.
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Sense Organs

The nervous system must receive, accept, and processes information about the world outside in order to react, communicate, and keep the body safe and healthy. Much of this information comes by way of the sensory organs: the eyes, nose, ears, tongue, and skin. Specialized cells and tissues within these organs obtain raw stimuli and translate them into signals the nervous system can use. Nerves communicate the signals to the brain, which interprets them as sight (vision), sound (hearing), smell (olfaction), taste (gustation), and touch (tactile perception).

  1. In order to process, the eyes translate light into image signals for the brain.
  2. The ear uses bones and fluid to convert sound waves into sound signals.
  3. Exclusive receptors in the skin send touch signals to the brain.
  4. Chemicals present in the air stimulate signals the brain interprets as smells.
  5. The tongue is the chief organ of gustation.