Gustation and olfactory

Question 1

what is gustation and olfactory

Answer 1

Taste and smell

Question 2

olfactory epithelium

Answer 2

This is the area in nostril

Question 3

cibriform plate

Answer 3

seperates the brain from the olfactory epithelium. Has holes that allows the information to flow through

Question 4

olfactory bulb

Answer 4

a bundle of nerves that sends little projection through cribiform plate into the olfactory epithelium, which branch off. They have specific type of one receptor.

Question 5

Steps in processing the information coming in

Answer 5

1. Epithelial cells have different types of receptor
2. specific cells bind to different receptor
3. causes AP
4. Fire to one olfactory buld - glomerous
5. synapeses as a mitral/tufted cell
6. Binds to the G protein
7. causes a cascade event to take place.

Question 6

Pheromones

Answer 6

mostly for animals due to the vomeronasal systema nd the accessory olfactory bulb they have. This allwos them to sense a chemical signal released by annother animal. Humans dont have this strongly because they do not have the olfactory accessory bulb.

Question 7

Which type of receptor or channel for the 5 taste

Answer 7

Sweet, bitter, and unami –> G protein

Salty and sour –> ion channels.