somatosensory system Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 3 categories of sensory systems
A
special senses (vision, smell, taste, balance, hearing)
- somatic sensation
- visceral sensation
2
Q
outline how the sense of taste reaches the gustatory cortex
A
- taste cells
- primary gustatory axon
- brainstem gustatory nuclei
- thalamus
- gustatory cortex
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