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Olfaction
Question | Answer |
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What are the three chemical senses? | 1. Olfaction/smell. 2. Gustatory/taste. 3. Chemisthesis/common chemical sense |
What are the stimuli for olfaction? | Volatile chemicals |
What are the sensory receptors for olfaction? | olfactory sensory neurons - they are REAL neurons! |
Describe the olfactory sensory neurons | Has about a 6-8 week lifespan. Receptor cells and g-protein coupled receptors located on cilia. axons run through the porous passage called the Cribiform plate, down the olfactory tract, and into the brain. |
What is anosnia? | Loss of smell |
What is Aguesia? | Loss of taste due to damage of three nerves |
Where does the retronasal pathway run? | Through the back of the throat |
Who received the 2004 Nobel prize for work on the sense of smell? | Linda B. Buck and Richard Axel |
Where are the two places neuronal regeneration occurs? | The hippocampus & the olfactory system. |
What is the Olfactory bulb glomeruli? | Is small bulbs called glomeruli encompassing the synapses for axons that passed through the cribiform plate. |
describe the pathway for odorant molecule-odorant receptor binding. | ~Odorant molecule binds to receptor protein. ~receptor-odorant complex activates G protein that combines w/ GTP, displacing GDP. ~G protein dissociates activating cAMP. cAMP binds a Na+ channel opening it & creating generator potential. |