Smell and Taste Quiz

Question 1

enlargements where the receptor cells synapse

Answer 1

olfactory bulb

Question 2

first pair of cranial nerves, only have axons of sensory neurons

Answer 2

olfactory nerves

Question 3

bipolar neurons surrounded by epithelial cells

Answer 3

olfactory receptor cells

Question 4

bones that curl out from the lateral walls of nasal cavity, dividing it into passageways

Answer 4

nasal concha

Question 5

part of the nasal bone

Answer 5

cribiform plate

Question 6

located within the nose, separated into left and right portions by nasal septum

Answer 6

nasal cavity

Question 7

thin tissue that lines the roof of the nasal cavity

Answer 7

olfactory cortex

Question 8

the four main types of taste cells

Answer 8

sweet, sour, salty, and bitter

Question 9

what has to happen before anything can be tasted?

Answer 9

chemicals containing food molecules have to be dissolved

Question 10

how do taste buds vary?

Answer 10

each receptor forms a different pattern of information sent to the brain