The Skin as a Sense Organ

Originally released in England

Introduces the variety, function, and distribution of sensory receptors in the human skin. Shows microscopic photography of cells sensitized to touch, pressure, weight, pain, heat, cold and the movement of body hair.

Uses demonstration, animation, and live action to introduce the variety, function, and distribution of sensory receptors in the human skin. Shows microscopic photography of cells sensitized to touch, pressure, weight, pain, heat, cold, and the movement of body hair. Explains the process by which a temperature change is sensed, demonstrates reflex arcs, specifies the different parts of the brain to which messages are sent, and the role of memory in skin sensation.

Episode of Series “The Living Body”. Human beings have seven senses of the skin that provide information about the outside world. Looking beneath the skin with a microscope reveals that each sense may be associated with a different type of nerve ending.