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How Do We Hear, Taste & Smell? Flashcards

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amplitude

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measured as sound pressure
loudness

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frequency

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measured in Hertz (Hz)
pitch
most people detect 20-20,000 Hz

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mechanical energy of sound waves

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transduced into neuronal electrical activity- information that goes into the brain

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outer ear

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pinna
sound waves propagate down the ear canal to the tympanic membrane

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pinna

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funnels sound waves into ear canal
enhances certain frequencies- speech

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eardrum

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vibrates with a certain speed- pitch
how big the vibrations are- loudness

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3 ossicles

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malleus, incus, stapes

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vibrations in tympanic membrane causes 3 ossicles to

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move
amplifies pressure
malleus->incus->stapes

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contact between ossicles is controlled by two muscles in order to

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reduce the movement- is more stiff- protects from loud sounds
mute self-made sounds

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inner ear

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oval window
cochlea

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oval window

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stapes is in contact with
transfer vibrations to 3 fluid-filled canals in cochlea

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cochlea

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is small and coiled
basilar and tectorial membranes separate the canals
organ of corti

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basilar membrane

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between the tympanic and middle canals
vibrates- different areas sensitive to specific frequencies
high freq at narrow, stiff base
low freq at wide, floppy apex/tip

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tectorial membrane

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between vestibular and middle canals

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organ of corti

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sits between basilar and tectorial membranes
contains inner and outer hair cells

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inner hair cells

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detect sound

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outer hair cells

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help discriminate between similar frequencies
support cells

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hair cells transduce sound waves into

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electrical activity
has 50-200 stereocilia (hairs)- will move
relay electrical information to auditory nerve fibers

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inner hair cell transduction

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vibrations bend stereocilia
tip links open ion channels
Ca2+ flows in, K+ depolarize IHC (receptor potential)
release NT onto auditory nerve (mainly glutamate)
not neurons- because they do not generate action potentials

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tonotopic map

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frequency

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tuning curves

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auditory nerves have distinctive receptive fields- frequency that it is more sensitive to/favorite frequency

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What does the frequency of sound waves determine?

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B. Pitch

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auditory pathway to brain #1

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Hair cells release neurotransmitter onto vestibulocochlear nerve (8th)

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auditory pathway to brain #2

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8th nerve synapses onto cochlear nucleus in brain stem

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auditory pathway to brain #3

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info travels to both superior olivary nuclei: mostly crosses midline

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auditory pathway to brain #4

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inferior colliculus (primary auditory centers of midbrain), then medical geniculate nucleus (thalamus), then auditory cortex
inferior colliculus->thalamus->auditory cortex

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Why might it be important that auditory information travel to both the same side and opposite side colliculi?

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to be able to tell which side the information is coming from
sound localization- bihearing
information from both ears and both sides of the brain- brain figures out where sound is coming from

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inferior colliculus

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tonotopic map- critical for sound localization
processes intensity, frequency and duration of sound

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auditory cortex

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identifies complex sounds that have many sub-parts (ex. vocalizations)
tonotopic map

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older people losing hearing

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floppy basilar membrane becomes less floppy
stiff base is less sensitive to low decibel high frequencies
cannot hear higher pitches- need to be louder

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conduction deafness

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disorders of the outer/middle ear that prevent vibrations from reaching the cochlea

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sensorineural deafness

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originates from cochlear or auditory nerve lesions; hereditary disease of hair cells

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central deafness

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hearing loss caused by brain lesions (such as stroke), with complex results

34
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cochlear implant

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electrode is implanted into the cochlea
detector turns into electrical signal

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smell

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olfaction
humans can discriminate over 1 trillion odorants!
any 2 people differ in their expression of different odor receptors by 30%

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olfactory epithelium

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inhalation brings odorants here
olfactory receptor neurons (6 million)
supporting cells
basal cells

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olfactory neurons regenerated from

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basal cells- adult neurogenesis

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olfactory neurons have

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cilia extending from the dendritic knob into the olfactory mucosa
unmyelinated axon to olfactory bulb
metabotropic receptors on cilia and knob

39
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each olfactory neuron expresses only ____ type of olfactory receptor

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one
each receptor belongs to 1 of 4 subfamilies

40
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Given that humans can discriminate between 1 trillion odors, how
many different types of odor receptors do you think we have?
A. 4
B. 400
C. 40,000
D. 4 million

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B. 400
can come in different combinations
one smell is made of a bunch of odorants

41
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olfactory receptor signaling

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transduction

42
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olfactory transduction

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odorant binds metabotropic receptor
G-protein activated
adenylyl cyclase activated and makes cAMP (2nd messenger)

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transduction continued

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cAMP causes cation (Ca2+, Na+) channels to open
voltage-gated Cl- channels open to further depolarize cell (receptor potential)
action potential in axon

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olfactory bulb

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olfactory neuron
mitral cells
glomeruli

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olfactory neurons axons synapse on

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mitral cells in the olfactory bulb

46
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the mitral cells are

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clustered into glomeruli (spheres of cells) in the olfactory bulb

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glomerulus receives input

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from olfactory neurons with same receptor type
separated function in olfactory bulb

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functional localization of olfactory receptors in epithelium

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piriform cortex

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piriform cortex

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olfactory representation goes directly into the cerebral cortex (no need to go through thalamus)

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5 tastants

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5 receptors (salty, sour, sweet, bitter, umami)

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taste receptor cells

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(50-150) are clustered into taste buds

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taste buds are located

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on sides of taste pores between papillae (bumps)

53
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circumvallate papillate

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located in the back

54
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foliate papillae

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located along the sides

55
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fungiform papillae

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located in the front of the tongue

56
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taste cells

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replaced every 10-14 days

57
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transduction of taste

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receptors on cilia are bound by tastants
receptor activation produces receptor potentials
receptor potential causes neurotransmitter release onto cranial nerves
thalamus
gustatory map in cortex

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salty

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Na+ ions flow through open ion channels in the taste cell membrane, causing depolarization

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sour

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we perceive acidic solutions as sour
acid-sensitive K+ ion channels are blocked, preventing K+ leaving the cell and leading to depolarization

60
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acid

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high concentration of H+

61
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sweet

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sugars bind to T1R2 and T1R3 receptors, causing them to join (dimerize)

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sweet activation

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tastant binding to receptor-> activation of G-protein-> second messengers-> Ca2+ flow into cell -> receptor potential-> neurotransmitter release

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umami

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amino acid receptor (mostly activated by L-glutamate and monosodium glutamate)
G-protein coupled metabotropic-like receptor; heterodimer of T1R1 and T1R3

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umami activation

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tastant binding to receptor-> activation of G-protein-> second messengers-> Ca2+ flow into cell-> receptor potential-> neurotransmitter release

65
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bitter

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T2R receptors: G-protein coupled metabotropic-like receptors
30 types, so can perceive many bitter flavors

66
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bitter activation

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tastant binding to receptor-> activation of G-protein-> second messengers-> Ca2+ flow into cell-> receptor potential-> neurotransmitter

67
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Which is the part of the tongue that senses sweet?

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everywhere

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