The Other Senses

Question 1

Taste (Gustation)

Answer 1

The taste that we perceive are a two-phase chemical reaction that involves both our mouth and throat (taste) as well as our nose (smell)

Question 2

*Smell (Olfaction)

Answer 2

Chemical molecules breathed in through the nose

Question 3

Somesthetic Senses

Answer 3

The senses of the skin, allow us to feel light touch, pressure pain, cold, and warmth. Inside the skin of cells that sense pressure (skin=largest sense organ)

Question 4

Pain

Answer 4

The body’s warning signal that something isn’t right (many varieties and intensities) combine both bottom-up sensations and top-down processes.