Vocabulary

Question 1

Perception

Answer 1

The acquisition and processing of sensory information.

Question 2

Percept

Answer 2

An object or event that represents information about our environment.

Question 3

Receptor

Answer 3

A cell able to respond to light, heat, or other external stimulus and transmit a signal to a sensory nerve.

Question 4

Retronasal

Answer 4

Smelling through mouth.

Question 5

Orthonasal

Answer 5

Smelling through nose.

Question 6

Tastant

Answer 6

Taste-provoking chemical molecules that are dissolved in saliva.

Question 7

Aroma

Answer 7

Scent, fragrance or smell of something. Could be pleasant or not.

Question 8

Gustation

Answer 8

The action or faculty of tasting.

Question 9

Olfaction

Answer 9

The action or capacity of smelling.

Question 10

Chemical sense

Answer 10

Smelling and tasting.

Question 11

Physical sense

Answer 11

Hearing, touch, and vision.

Question 12

Threshold

Answer 12

The magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested.

Question 13

Chemesthesis

Answer 13

Sensibility of the skin and mucous membranes. Chemesthetic sensations arise when chemical compounds activate receptors associated with other senses that mediate pain, touch, and thermal perception.

Question 14

Traditionalist

Answer 14

Someone that believes in tradition and keeping things th way they are (ex: Hating “my version” of something like eggs benedict).

Question 15

Phenolics

Answer 15

A class of chemical compounds consisting of a hydroxyl group (—OH) bonded directly to an aromatic hydrocarbon group (aroma and smells).

Question 16

Esters

Answer 16

An organic compound made by replacing the hydrogen of an acid by an alkyl or other organic group. Many naturally occurring fats and essential oils are esters of fatty acids.

Question 17

Terpenes

Answer 17

A large and diverse class of organic compounds, produced by a variety of plants, particularly conifers, though also by some insects such as termites or swallowtail butterflies, which emit terpenes from their osmeteria.

Question 18

Aldehydes

Answer 18

An organic compound containing a functional group with the structure −CHO, consisting of a carbonyl center (a carbon double-bonded to oxygen) with the carbon atom also bonded to hydrogen and to an R group, which is any generic alkyl or side chain.

Question 19

Amines

Answer 19

An organic compound derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by organic groups.

Question 20

Sensory lexicon

Answer 20

Vocabulary set spcecific to a certain topic.

Question 21

Multimodality

Answer 21

Other attributes contributing to a part of the flavor perception.