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5 Special Senses
Smell and Taste Senses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The sense of smell is associated with sensory structures located in the upper nose and are known as the WHAT receptors? | Olfactory |
| The olfactory receptors are very sensitive and classified as WHAT receptors? | Chemoreceptors |
| Chemoreceptors are stimulated by WHAT that dissolve in the moisture of the nasal tissue. | Chemicals |
| Once the olfactory receptors have been stimulated, the sensory impulses travel along the WHAT nerve and eventually interpreted as smell within the olfactory area of the temporal and frontal lobes? | Olfactory |
| The sense of taste, often called the social sense is also known as the WHAT senses? | Gustatory |
| Taste receptors ae located primarily on the tongue and are classified as WHAT kind of receptors? | Chemoreceptors |
| When taste receptors are stimulated, the taste impulses travel along three WHAT nerves to various parts of the brain, eventually arriving in temporal and frontal lobes of cerebral cortex. | cranial |