Olfaction

Question 1

These are the stem cells located between the bases of the supporting epithelial cells. Produces new olfactory sensory neurons.

Answer 1

Basal Epithelial Cells

Question 2

Located in the connective tissue that supports the olfactory epithelium.

Produces mucus that is carried to the surface of the epithelium through ducts (exocrine)

Answer 2

Olfactory glands or Bowman’s glands

Question 3

It dissolves odorants so that transduction can occur.

Answer 3

Mucus

Question 4

Olfactory glands are innervated by ________ neurons within branches of the ______ nerve

Answer 4

parasympathetic neurons, facial (VII)

Question 5

membrane protein that is simulated when the odorant binds to the olfactory sensory neuron

Answer 5

G protein

Question 6

If depolarization reaches ______, a nerve impulse is generated along the axon of the olfactory sensory neuron.

Answer 6

threshold

Question 7

what forms cAMP?

Answer 7

adenylyl cyclase

Question 8

what opens the cation channel?

Answer 8

cAMP

Question 9

What is added to the natural gas which provides olfactory warning of gas leaks?

Answer 9

methyl mercaptan

Question 10

olfactory nerves pass through

Answer 10

cribriform foramina

Question 11

contains ball-like arrangements called glomeruli

Answer 11

olfactory bulbs

Question 12

the second order neurons of the olfactory pathway

Answer 12

mitral cells

Question 13

the axons of the mitral cells form the

Answer 13

olfactory tract

Question 14

What lobe is olfactory cortex?

Answer 14

Temporal lobe

Question 15

Are the only sensations that reach the cerebral cortex without synapsing in the thalamus

Answer 15

olfactory sensations

Question 16

Where odor identification and discrimination occur

Answer 16

Frontal lobe (orbitofrontal cortex)

Question 17

axons make up the olfactory tract

Answer 17

mitral cells

Answer 18

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