Human Senses?

Question

Exactly how many Sences are there and what do they do?
(eg. Tough, hear e.c.t) i just know there are more than 6

Thanx ^-^

Answer 1

In addition to the 5 senses listed above...

In your eyes, you have two different types of light sensors. One set of sensors, called the rods, senses light intensity and works well in low-light situations. The other type, called cones, can sense colors (and actually, there are three different types of cones for the three primary colors) and require fairly intense light to be activated.

In your inner ears, there are sound sensors.

Also in your ears are sensors that let you detect your orientation in the gravitational field -- they give you your sense of balance.

In your skin, there are at least five different types of nerve endings:
heat sensitive
cold sensitive
pain sensitive
itch sensitive
pressure sensitive
These cells give us the sense of touch, sense of pain, sense of temperature and sense of itch.

In your nose, there are chemical sensors that give you your sense of smell.

On the tongue, there are chemical receptors that give us our sense of taste.

In your muscles and joints, there are sensors that tell you where the different parts of your body are and about the motion and tension of the muscles. These senses let us, for example, touch our index fingers together with our eyes shut.

In your bladder, there are sensors that indicate when it is time to urinate. Similarly, your large intestine has sensors that indicate when it is full.

There are also the senses of hunger and thirst. How Food Works contains some information on hunger.
Depending on how you want to count it, there are between 14 and 20 different senses listed here.
There are some people who do seem to have other senses. For example, there are many people who can sense impending weather changes. My mother could always sense when I was about to make a mess (the sense also known as "eyes in the back of the head"). And many people feel that they can sense when someone else is looking at them. No scientific proof for any of these senses, yet...

Answer 2

sight
hearing
smell
taste
touch
ESP: extrasensory perception, the 6th sense

Answer 3

I was always taught there were 5

Sight
touch
hearing
taste
smell