olfactory

Question 1

olfactory vesicles

Answer 1

enlarged bulbous ends of olfactory dendrites

Question 2

olfactory hairs

Answer 2

cilia of olfactory neuron embedded in mucous

Question 3

olfactory neurons are _____receptors

Answer 3

chemo

Question 4

odorants activate APs by

Answer 4

dissolve in mucous–> bind to receptor that activates G protein–> Na and Ca channels–> depolarization –> APs

Question 5

olfactory neurons are replaced by _____ every _____

Answer 5

basal cells; two months

Question 6

threshold for odor is low T/F

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Olfactory tract does or does not go through the thalamus

Answer 7

does not

Question 8

the olfactory cortex is in which lobe

Answer 8

frontal

Question 9

olfactory neurons project from the ____ and synapse with the _____

Answer 9

cribriform plate; olfactory bulbs

Question 10

secondary olfactory areas involved in emotional and autonomic responses (3)

Answer 10

hypothalamus
hippocampus
limbic system

Question 11

primary olfactory cortex in frontal and temporal lobe (3)

Answer 11

piriform area
amygdala–temporal lobe
orbiofrontal cortex