Senses Flashcards
1
Q
What does taste rely on
A
Chemo receptors
2
Q
What surrounds the chemoreceptors?
A
Pappiloe
3
Q
What are the 5 things we taste and their significance to us?
A
Sweet - sugar - energy
Sour - acidity - vitamins
Bitter - basic - poison
Salty - oceanic ancestry and required for body function
Umami - meat - richness of flavour/ savoury
4
Q
Smell relays on
A
Chemoreceptors in the upper cavities (olfactory nodes similar to taste buds)
5
Q
How must the chemical enter in both taste and smell?
A
In solution (saliva/mucus)
6
Q
What does sight rely on?
A
Photoreceptors in your eyes
7
Q
Where do you see?
A
Sight occurs in the brain after a series of action potentials
8
Q
What does touch rely on?
A
Mechanoreceptors
