chemosense : smell and taste
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Chemosense : Smell and Taste. Smell-. -sensed by chemoreceptors in the olfactory epithelium (found at the TOP of nasal cavity). -smell chemoreceptors are unique nerve cells because they are constantly replaced. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chemosense: Smell and Taste
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Smell--sensed by chemoreceptors in the olfactory epithelium (found at the TOP of nasal cavity)-smell chemoreceptors are unique nerve cells because they are constantly replaced
-odorants are dissolved in moist mucous membrane before they are smelled. We have about 350 different types of odor receptors!
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-olfactory receptors pass through the cribiform plate of the skull to the olfactory bulb of the brain lying directly above.
-odor receptors fatigue quickly so we “get used” to smells-smells interpreted in limbic system of brain (controls mood and is closely related to memories)
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Taste--The taste buds respond to gustatory (taste) info.
-they are found on the papillae (tiny bumps) on tongue
-each taste bud contains 50-125 gustatory cells
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-chemicals must dissolve in saliva before they bind to receptors on taste buds and are tasted
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-each taste bud responds to one of 4 (or 5?) primary tastes: -Bitter -Sour-Sweet -Salty
-Umami (meaty)
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The 5 tastes:
Sweet = simple sugars
Sour = acids (unripe fruit?)
Bitter = base (poison)
Salty = salts
Umami (savory) = amino acids (glutamic acid)
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- There is NO SUCH THING as a taste map!!! Different tastes can be sensed in all areas of the tongue. (though not the same for all people)
TASTE MAP
no
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-Facial & Glossopharyngeal nerves carry taste info
-Taste is interpreted in parietal lobe of cerebral cortex
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