soecial senses - taste & smell

Question 1

in roof of the nasal cavity

Answer 1

olfactory epithelium receptors

Question 2

to smell an odarant, it must be ___

Answer 2

volatile (can be vaporized or transition from liquid to gas)

Question 3

must be volatile and must be ____

Answer 3

dissolved in the mucus/fluid coating the olfactory epithelium that stimulates the olfactory receptors

Question 4

olfactory receptor cells synapse in the ___

Answer 4

olfactory bulbs

Question 5

send down impulses down the olfactory tracts to the

Answer 5

temporal lobe, thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, and other members of the limbic system

Question 6

although difficult to describe, the number of different odors recognizable is immense

Answer 6

olfactory discrimination

Question 7

taste buds are located in the

Answer 7

oral cavity, on tongue, soft palate, and cheeks

Question 8

for a chemical to be tasted is must be

Answer 8

dissolved in saliva
‘move into taste pore
and contact a gustatory hair (papillae)

Question 9

each taste sensation has its own

Answer 9

special mechanism for transduction

Question 10

like smekl, chemicals must be

Answer 10

volatile enough to be tasted

Question 11

afferent fibers carrying taste information from the tongue are found primarily in the

Answer 11

facial nerve and gkossopharyngeal cranial nerves