What is touch?
Q: What is touch?
A: Touch is one of the five main senses that animals have, which can be called the sense of body or the sense of touch.
Q: What does the sense of touch include?
A: The sense of touch includes sensing temperature and pain.
Q: Where is the special area in the brain for processing input of touch located?
A: The special area in the brain for processing input of touch is in the parietal lobe of the cerebral cortex.
Q: What is the process of touching something called?
A: The process of touching something is called feeling.
Q: What do tiny touch sense organs under the skin help animals feel?
A: Tiny touch sense organs under the skin help animals feel hardness, softness, and sharpness, among other things.
Q: How do animals feel things when they touch something?
A: When animals touch things, nerve fibres attached to the sense organ send messages to the brain through the central nervous system. The brain then interprets these messages, which allows animals to feel things.
Q: Do all parts of the body have the same number of sense organs?
A: No, some parts of the body, such as fingertips, have many more sense organs than others.
