The Senses Flashcards

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Why does closing your nose affect the taste of food?

A

the receptors for yasye signals are also associated with smell signals wh, so they work by creating a combined signal to the brain. Hindering the signals of either will result in hindering the effect of both.

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Taste Buds:

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Areas of specialized chemical receptors on the tongue that detect tastes bu detecting the different combinations of chemicals in food and send them to another area of the brain to process it,

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Where are the receptors that are responsible for taste and smell located?

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High up in the nose

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Where do the smell and taste receptors send the information/signals

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to the Olfactory bulb

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Cons

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Work in bright light and colors

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