Other Senses

Question 1

Taste (gustation)

Answer 1

Two-phase chemical reaction that involves our mouths and throat and nose.

Question 2

Smell (olfaction)

Answer 2

Chemical molecules breathed in through the nose.

Question 3

Pain

Answer 3

Body’s warning sign that something isn’t right, combines both bottom-up sensations and top-down sensations.

Question 4

Gate-Control theory of pain

Answer 4

There’s a “gate” at the spinal cord that switches pain on and off, the more neurons fire in response the more intense the pain.

Question 5

Kinesthesis

Answer 5

System for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts.