There are little circular canals in your inner ear. They contain liquid and hairs. When when turn, the liquid tries to stay still, and so moves through the canal. The little hairs sense the movment and you know you’re turning.
If you turn for a long time, the liquid in the canal catches up with you… and when you stop it keeps going! So it feels like you’re spinning even though you’re not any more.
This is a great question!
There is an amazing motion sensing system in your inner ear and that’s the key to feeling dizzy. When you spin, the nerve cells in your inner ear that senses motion send signals to your brain letting it know about the motion! 🙂
These nerve cells are attached to tiny little hairs that move when you start moving. You feel dizzy because even when you stop, these hairs attached to your nerve cells can’t stop moving and they keep sending the wrong signal to your brain, so you feel like you are spinning but you are not 🙂 therefore you feel dizzy 🙂
When we spin round and round and round, the fluid in our ears contain liquid as well as lots and lots of little hairs. Things like when you move your cup around and around, the water goes up and down the glass. The water is trying to stay inside the glass, but it might come out if you spin it more and more. The liquid in our ears won’t come out, but it spins and spins for a bit longer after you finish.
AMAZING,I always see my brother spinning around and then he becomes really dizzy and falls on the floor!next time I will make sure I tell him about this!
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Sammy commented on :
thanks jimi:)
I really appreciate it
Deeps 2005 commented on :
I thought that your brain spins around in the protective liquid then some other stuff happens. My bad.
Hayley commented on :
No worries. It is okay!
Lily commented on :
AMAZING,I always see my brother spinning around and then he becomes really dizzy and falls on the floor!next time I will make sure I tell him about this!
Sammy commented on :
My sister likes to spin around, and then she doesn’t know where she is going, then she bumps into something
HAHA!
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Sammy commented on :
My sister likes to spin around, and then she doesn’t know where she is going, then she bumps into something
HAHA!