Chemical and Body Senses

Question 1

Taste buds are chemical sensitive receptors that respond to four basic stimulus qualities:

Answer 1

Sweet, sour, salty, and bitter

Question 2

What is the ‘fifth’ category?

Answer 2

Umami

Question 3

How long does it take to replace taste buds?

Answer 3

10 Days

Question 4

What else influences taste? (3)

Answer 4

Smell, texture, and temperature

Question 5

When one sense affects another sense:

Answer 5

Sensory Interaction

Question 6

What do smells originate from?

Answer 6

Gases and chemicals in the air.

Question 7

When is the sense of smell sparked?

Answer 7

When molecules of a substance enter the nasal passages and meet the olfactory cells.

Question 8

Where does smell meet the olfactory cells?

Answer 8

The Olfactory Epithelium

Question 9

What is the term for losing the sense of smell?

Answer 9

Anosmia

Question 10

Why are strong memories made through the sense of smell?

Answer 10

Because the smell and memory regions are closely connected (Hippocampus)

Question 11

What sensations is touch a mixture of? (3)

Answer 11

Temperature, pressure, and pain

Question 12

What does a cell release when it is injured?

Answer 12

Substance P

Question 13

What does Substance P do?

Answer 13

Transmits pain messages to the brain

Question 14

What are the most sensitive areas in the body?

Answer 14

The nose and upper lip

Question 15

What two temperatures create ‘hotness’?

Answer 15

Warm and Cold

Question 16

The level of stimulation at which pain is first perceived:

Answer 16

Pain Threshold

Question 17

What is the disease where people cannot feel pain?

Answer 17

CIPA

Question 18

Nerve receptors in the _____ _____ lead to specific areas of the brain related to pain:

Answer 18

Spinal Cord

Question 19

Neural receptors, ____, can be stimulated and close the gate, reducing the experience of pain:

Answer 19

Endorphins

Question 20

What theory is referred to in questions 18 & 19?

Answer 20

Gate-Control Theory

Question 21

Gives the brain info about where specific body parts are located:

Answer 21

Kinesthesis

Question 22

What keep track of where are the body parts are?

Answer 22

The Muscles and Joints

Question 23

The sense that informs the body of its orientation and balance:

Answer 23

Vestibular Sense

Question 24

Located in the inner ear and contains fluid:

Answer 24

Semicircular Canals

Question 25

When the fluid moves a lot, you feel:

Answer 25

Dizzy

Question 26

An unusual condition in which exposure to one sensation evokes an additional one:

Answer 26

Synesthesia