Taste/ Olfaction Flashcards
1
Q
Receptors for smell (olfaction) and taste (Gustation) are
A
Chemoreceptors
2
Q
Why chemoceptors?
A
Because they respond to chemicals
3
Q
What happens to smell receptors
A
Get excited by airborne chemicals that dissolve in fluids coating the olfactory epithelium of nasal mucosa
4
Q
Groups of unmyelinated axons of the olfactory receptor cells form fascicles that project through the olfactory foramina in cribiform plate
A
Fila olfactoria aka CN1
5
Q
Second order neuron in olfaction
A
Mitral cell
