smell and taste Flashcards
gustation
sense of taste
physiology and pathways of smell
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
causes of anosmia
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
early stage of Parkinson disease
loss of smell