Taste and Smell

Question 1

label the ear diagram..

Question 2

What is taste called as?

Answer 2

gustation

Question 3

Gustation features-

Answer 3

taste buds- moist MM, chemoreceptors
stimulated by chemical responsible for smell dissolved around oral cavity

Question 4

What do taste buds consist of?

Answer 4

gustatory cells- surrounded by supporting cells
hair like projection- transmits information to brain

Question 5

What cranial nerves all contribute to sending impulses to the brain, interpreting taste?

Answer 5

facial nerve (VII)
glosssohpharyngeal nerve (IX)
vagus nerve (X)

Question 6

What is smell referred to as?

Answer 6

olfaction

Question 7

What are features of olfaction?

Answer 7

lines top of nasal cavity, detect volatile, water soluble molecules- as animal breathes

Question 8

What is the nerve impulse transmitted up to?

Answer 8

olfactory bulb within brain

Question 9

What type of nerve is the olfactory nerve?

Answer 9

CRANIAL!!

Question 10

The flehmen response-

Answer 10

vomeronasall/ jacobson organ detects pheromones

Question 11

Where is the flehmen response located?

Answer 11

nasal chamber

Question 12

Which behaviour is the flehmen response apart of?

Answer 12

sexual

Question 13

Which type of animals is the flehmen response found in?

Answer 13

amphibians, reptiles, mammals