Olfactory and Gustatory Senses
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| Chemical senses for taste and smell are classified as | Chemoreceptors
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| What receptors are believed to be sensitive to as much wider range of chemicals? | Olfactory receptors
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| The sense of odors that results from the detection of odorous substances aerosolized in the environment? | Olfaction
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| It is located in the roof of the nasal cavity and along the nasal septum and medial wall of the superior nasal concha | Olfactory organ
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| The apical surfaces of the olfactory receptor neurons posses fine | Olfactory cilia
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| The olfactory nerve fibers synapse with this in the olfactory bulb | Mitral cells
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| Only cranial nerves to enter the cerebrum directly | Olfactory nerves
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| Olfactory tract divides into | Medial and lateral olfactory striae
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| Lateral olfactory striae terminates in | Piriform cortex of anterior part of temporal bone
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| Loss of smell | Anosmia
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| Chief complaint of most people with anosmia is the | Loss or alteration of taste
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| May be a clue of a fracture of the cranial base and CSF rhinorrhea | Anosmia
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| Anosmia is usually | Unilateral
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| The word "taste" comes from the Latin word | Taxare
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| Latin word of taste which means "to touch, estimate or judge" | Taxare
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| Considered by many to be the most pleasurable of our special senses | Sense of taste
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| Specific receptors for the sense of taste are widely scattered in the oral cavity | Taste buds
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| The dorsal tongue surface is covered with small peglike projections or papillae of four types: | Follate Papillae
sharp Filiform Papillae
Fungiform Papillae
Circumvallate Papillae
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| Largest papillae of the tongue | Circumvallate papillae
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| The specific cells that respond to chemicals dissolved in the saliva are epithelial cells called | Gustatory cells
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| Long microvilli of gustatory cells | Gustatory hairs
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| Three cranial nerves which carry taste impulses from various taste buds to the gustatory cortex | CN VII, CN IX, CN X
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| Cranial nerve which serves the anterior 2/3 of the tongue | CN VII (facial nerve)
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| Cranial nerve which serves the distal 1/3 of the tongue | CN IX
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| Cranial nerve which serves the soft palate and pharynx | CN X
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| Common factor of sweet receptors of the tongue | Hydroxyl (OH)
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| Basic taste sensation which respond to hydrogen ions or the acidity of the solution | Sour receptors
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| Bitter receptors of tongue respond to | Alkaloids
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| Salty receptors of tongue respond to | Metal ions
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| The tip of the tongue was believed to be the most sensitive to | Sweet and salty
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| The sides of the tongue was believed to be the most sensitive to | Sour
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| The back of the tongue was believed to be the most sensitive to | Bitter
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| The pharynx was believed to be the most sensitive to | Umami (delicious)
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