olfaction

Question 1

olfaction

Answer 1

sensory system detects smell

Question 2

odors

Answer 2

sensation of a smell

Question 3

olfactory epithelum

Answer 3

sheet of olfactory receptors & other cells that line dorsal portion of nasal cavities

Question 4

olfactory bulb

Answer 4

through small openings in skull, provide receptors for smell, terminates in upper nasal passages

Question 5

glomerulus

Answer 5

complex arbor of dendrites from group of olfactory cells, receive input exclusively from olfactory neurons

Question 6

Vomeronasal system

Answer 6

animals can detect secondary chemicals called pheromones

Question 7

pheromones

Answer 7

chemical signal released outside the body of an animal and affects other members of same species

Question 8

cilia

Answer 8

detect odorants through metabotropic receptors

Question 9

trace amine-associated receptors

Answer 9

responds to sex-specific pheromones

Question 10

Vomeronasal Organ (VNO)

Answer 10

collection of specialized receptor cells, detect pheromones, send electrical signals to accessory olfactory bulb in brain