Chapter 9 - Special Senses

Question 1

Taste

Answer 1

• Taste Receptors in Tongue
• Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Umami
• Taste Pore in Taste Bud contains Cells with Chemoreceptors, Bind Molecules
• Taste Cell Impulse -> Brain

Question 2

Smell

Answer 2

• Olfactory Covered in Cilia & Receptors for Odor
• Odor Impulse -> Brain
  -Connection to Memories & Emotion
• Taste & Smell Work Together

Question 3

Sight

Answer 3

• Eyebrows: Shade from Sun, Protect Eyes from Sweat
• Eyelids: Extension of Skin
• Eyelashes: Block Debris, each Lash has a Sebaceous gland
• Lacrimal apparatus: Gland and ducts that produce Tears, drain into the nose
• Eye muscles