Olfaction & Taste

Question 1

Unlike in vision or audition, _______ bypasses the thalamus and projects directly into higher order processing centers.

Answer 1

olfaction

Question 2

Another reason why knowing about olfaction should matter to you is that smell impairment is a harbinger of memory impairment in ___________.

Answer 2

Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Question 3

Each olfactory sensory neuron expresses _________ odorant receptor proteins from a large repertoire of OR genes.

Answer 3

a single

Question 4

Each olfactory sensory neuron expresses _________ odorant receptor proteins from a large repertoire of OR genes.

Answer 4

a single

Question 5

Taste is compromised in _______ Palsy.

Answer 5

Bell’s

Question 6

_________ is essential for olfactory transduction.

Answer 6

G-protein coupling

Question 7

Taste is subserved by _________________.

Answer 7

direct ion channel opening/closure and G proteins

Question 8

Taste is subserved by _________________.

Answer 8

direct ion channel opening (salt/sour) and closure and G proteins