CHAPTER 3 | PART 02 Flashcards
1
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- swallowing something or spitting it out
- taste and smell converge into the endopiriform cortex
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TASTE RECEPTORS
2
Q
> receptors
papillae
modified skin cells
10 or more (50) receptor cells
replaced every 10-14 days
along the edge of the tongue
A
taste buds
3
Q
sensitive to know what should be spitted out or swallowed
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TONGUE
4
Q
sucrose
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sweet
5
Q
HCl
A
sour
6
Q
quinine
A
bitter
7
Q
umami
A
savory
8
Q
unsalted chicken broth-like
A
monosodium-glutamate (MSG)
9
Q
- papillae
- 50 receptor cells
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TASTE RECEPTORS
10
Q
- short life span (weeks)
- simultaneous activation leading to
taste of flavors
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GUSTATORY RECEPTOR BUDS
11
Q
facial (CN VII), glossopharyngeal (CN
IX), vagus (CN X)
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GUSTATORY AFFERENT NEURON
12
Q
insula, lateral fissure
A
PRIMARY GUSTATORY CORTEX
13
Q
orbitofrontal cortex
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SECONDARY GUSTATORY
CORTEX
14
Q
- inability to smell
- high pressure
- blow to the head: shearing of olfactory nerves
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ANOSMIA
14
Q
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SMELL
A
- women detect smells faster
- odor sensitivity declines with age
15
Q
- inability to taste
- rare, damage to cranial nerve
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AGEUSIA
16
Q
- chemical sense
- vulnerable to damage and are replenished over a period of a month
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OLFACTORY RECEPTORS
