SPECIAL SENSES Flashcards
primary taste sensations
salty, sweet, umami, sour, bitter
taste is also known as
GUSTATION
how many taste buds are found mainly on tongue
4,000
begins with the action of CHEMICAL STIMULANTS on taste buds
TASTE (gustation)
taste (gustation begins with the action of what chemical stimulants
TASTANTS
visible BUMPS of taste buds
LINGUAL PAPILLAE
groups of taste cells
TASTE BUDS
NO taste buds
sense FOOD TEXTURE
FILIFORM
WEAKLY developed
SIDES of tongue
taste buds degenerate by age 3
FOLIATE
a FEW taste buds
at TIPS & SIDES of tongue
FUNGIFORM
at REAR of tongue in a “V”
LARGE - contain up to 1/2 of all taste buds
VALLATE (circumvallate)
LEMON-SHAPED groups of 50-150: taste cells, supporting cells, & basal cells
TASTE BUDS
serve as RECEPTOR SURFACE for taste molecules
APICAL MICROVILLI (taste hairs)
PIT into which the taste hairs project
TASTE PORES
taste hairs are _____ cells
EPITHELIAL CELLS
taste hairs synapse with and release neurotransmitters onto _________ at their base
SENSORY NEURONS
_________ synapse with and release neurotransmitters onto sensory neurons at their base
TASTE HAIRS
taste hairs synapse with and release neurotransmitters onto sensory neurons at their ____
BASE
- stem cells that REPLACE taste cells every 7 - 10 days
- may have some sensory role
BASAL CELLS
- RESEMBLE taste cells
- NO taste hairs, synaptic vesicles or sensory role
SUPPORTING CELLS
basal cells replace taste cells every how many days
7 - 10 days
- contains 10-20 million olfactory cells (neurons), epithelial supporting cells, and basal stem cells
- mucosa of the ROOF of the nasal cavity
- on average 2,000-4,000 odors distinguished
OLFACTORY MUCOSA
smell (olfaction)
olfactory mucosa has how many odors distinguished on average
2,000 - 4,000
olfactory cells are shaped like
BOWLING PINS
olfactory cells type of neurons
AFFERENT NEURONS
modified dendrite with swollen tip
OLFACTORY CELLS
olfactory cells’ head bears how many cilia
10-20
olfactory cells have binding sites for odorant molecules and are _______
NON-MOTILE
olfactory hairs
CILIA
______ of each cell becomes the axon on olfactory cells
BASAL END
_______ collect into small fascicles and leave the nasal cavity through the cribriform foramina in the ethmoid bone
AXONS
axons collect into small fascicles and leave the nasal cavity through the ____________ in the ethmoid bone
CRIBRIFORM FORAMINA
axons collect into small fascicles and leave the nasal cavity through the cribriform foramina in the ____________
ETHMOID BONE
a response to VIBRATING AIR molecules (i.e., mechanoreception)
HEARING
the sense of MOTION, body orientation, and BALANCE
EQUILIBRIUM
hearing & equilibrium both reside in the ______, a mase of fluid-filled passages and sensory cells
INNER EAR
_______ is set in motion and the sensory cells convert this motion into an informative pattern of action potentials
FLUID
fluid is set in motion and the sensory cells convert this motion into an _____________ of action potentials
INFORMATIVE PATTERN
fluid is set in motion and the sensory cells convert this motion into an informative pattern of __________
ACTION POTENTIALS
a FUNNEL to the tympanic membrane (eardrum)
OUTER EAR
directs sound down the AUDITORY CANAL
AURICLE (pinna)
- passage leading through TEMPORAL BONE to TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (eardrum)
AUDITORY CANAL