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Sense of touch.

Submitted by Babtunde A Oronti on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 12:25pm.

I've used a modified version of this activity in my Anatomy class and the students were very excited about it. In our own situation, we used tooth picks and we tested for sensitivity in the back/front of their palms, fingertips, back/front of the neck, arm, legs, upper and lower lips.

We found out that the lips and the fingertips are more sensitive than other parts we tested. My students were able to make two connections in real life situations to this.

1. Blind people are able to "see" with touch sensory receptors on their

fingetips.

2. Kissing on the lips is more sensitive and romantic than other part of the body.

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