Chapter 14-olfaction Flashcards

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Odor

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The translation of a chemical stimulus into a smell sensation

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Odorant

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A molecule that is defined by its physiochemical characteristics, which are capable of being translated by the nervous system into the perception of smell; physical thing you smell

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In order to be smelled, odorants must b

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Volatile, small, hydrophobic

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Human olfactory apparatus contains

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Olfactory clefts and olfactory epithelium

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Olfactory cleft

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Narrow space at the back of the nose into which air flows

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Olfactory epithelium

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Mucous membrane in the human nose whose primary function is to detect odorants

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Primary function of the nose

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Breathe; filter, warm and humidify air that you breathe

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Odor receptors sites are located where

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On the cilia of olfactory sensory neurons where odorant molecules bind

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Odor receptors are what kind of receptors

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Chemoreceptors; receptive sites bind with molecules

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Mitral cells receive projections from how many and what type of receptors

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About 200, same type of receptor; convergent, lose spatial information

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How many different receptor types are ther

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About 1000, respond to distinct chemical molecules or parts of molecules

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How many molecules are needed to activate odor receptors

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7-8

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Humans have how many receptors

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6 million

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Olfactory pathway

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Olfactory bulb, Piriform cortex, entorhinal cortex, limbic system, orbitofrontal

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Olfactory bulb

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Olfactory info first processed here, 1 in each hemisphere that corresponds ipsilaterally to each nostril

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Primary olfactory cortex also known as

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Piriform cortex

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Entorhinal cortex

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Old, sensory association area, connect to the limbic system

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Limbic system

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Emotion (fear) and memory, base survival learning

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Orbitofrontal cortex

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Conscious perception and hedonics (liking)

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Shape pattern theory

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Dominant biochemical theory for how chemicals come to be perceived as specific odors. Contends that different scents-as a function of odorant-shape to OR shape fit-activate different arrays of olfactory receptors in the olfactory epithelium. Population coding

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Population coding

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Part of shape pattern theory; the various arrays produce specific firing patterns of neurons in the olfactory bulb, which then determine the scent we perceive

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Shape of odor molecule

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Physical molecule

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Pattern of odor molecule

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Which scent of odor receptor and to what degree, combination processing

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Chemical aromas

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Smell odors that are not physically present; activate odor receptors, smell is an epiphenomenon (not directly representing physical world)

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How does population coding work
Odorants have different physical shapes that matter the most, and different colors (content) that also matter; receptors are selective to the shape and content of odorants
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Stereoisomers
Similar chemical compound but a different shape; result in different perceptual states-shape matters
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Odorant and receptor table: a given odorant will excite several receptors due to what
Its chemical composition
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Odorant and receptor table: a given receptor will respond to several odors, but the ___ of activity represents the composition of any given odor
Pattern
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Intensity
Certain receptors are more sensitive to aspects; can influence which receptors are active, due to relative amounts of different components of the odorant
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Because we rarely smell pure odorants, we smell mixtures; how do we process the components
Analysis and synthesis
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Analysis
Separate into parts
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Synthesis
Combine into a new whole
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Binaral rivalry
Competition between the two nostrils for odor perception; when a differen scent is presented to each nostril, we experience one scent at a time, not a combination of the two scents together
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What we smell can affect what we
See
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Adaptation
Sense of smell is a change detector; allows for responses to new smells and/or important information
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Bottom up receptor adaptation
Receptors stop responding to the odorant and detection stops; firing rate
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Top down influence of adaptation
Conscious thought can influence time course of adaptation
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Negative bias of smell makes it
Stronger for longer, more important
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Positive bias to a smell makes it
Decrease over time more than the neutral smell
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Odor hedonics
The liking dimension of odor perception, typically measured with scales pertaining to an odorants perceive pleasantness, familiarity and intensity
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Familiarity of smells
We like odors that we have smelled before
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Intensity of smells
Good smells: neutral for less intense smells, unpleasant for very intense Bad smells: dislike increases the more intense the smell gets
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Hedonic responds are most likely from nurture
Odor preferences of infants vary from adults, cross cultural data supports associative learning
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2 aspects to support nature of hedonics
Pain response to irritating odors and variability in receptor types and amounts
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Sniffing sticks
Pre-determined set of odorant sin distinct performance for discrimination
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Triangle test
Participant is given 3 odors to smell, two are the same and 1 is different; identity the odd odor; used for detection and discrimination