smell and taste Flashcards

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gustation

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sense of taste

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physiology and pathways of smell

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starts off with a smell or ordorant
this is detect by receptor which activates G protein which activates adenyl cyclase covering ATP to cAMP which then allows sodium into the cell

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3
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causes of anosmia

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nasal
smoking, chronic rhinos, overuse of nasal vasoconstrictor

olfactory epilitheilum
head injury, cranial surgery , subarachnoid haemorrhage, meningitis
toxic substances
wegener grnaulomatois
metabolic like thiamine ro adenral
compressive lesions such as craniophaynwgioma, meningioma, aneurysm

cental
degenerative disease such as Parkinson or alzweherms
temporal love epilepsy

malingering and hysteria

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4
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early stage of Parkinson disease

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loss of smell

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