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Unit 5 Lt 4 Flashcards

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Chemoreceptors

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Proteins on the surface of the chemoreceptors bind to chemicals in foods, which generates nerve impulses that are transmitted to the brain.

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Taste Buds

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Contain 15-20 chemoreceptors

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Taste Papillae

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Bumps on the surface of tongue responsible for taste
contain taste buds

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Olfactory Epithelium

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smells are percieved by chemoreceptors in there

rear and upper of the nasal cavity

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5
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Brain processing taste, smell, and sight

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Occipital - sight

Taste and Smell - temporal

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