Exam 15: Olfaction and Taste

The purpose of a skunk's odor is ______.

The receptor cells located in the olfactory epithelium that detect specific chemicals in the air and transduce them into a neural signal are known as ______.

Ageusia is the hallucinatory perception of odors.

Jana is working on her car in the garage because it is cold outside.She begins to feel sleepy and nods off.Just then her father comes into the garage and tells her she forgot to shut off the kerosene heater, and she is lucky to be alive.She exclaims that she did not smell any fumes.Briefly explain how her olfactory system let her down in this instance.

Helena is doing a science experiment with her friends.She is sure people can recognize smells, so she gives them a series of items to smell and identify, but to her dismay, they are barely able to label any of them properly.Then she gives them a list of choices for each smell.What kind of results should she expect to see this time?

An area in the medial temporal lobe, associated with a number of memory functions, that is also important in olfactory processing is the ______.

Turbinates are bony knots of tissue that serve to disperse air within the nasal cavity.

Natural gas is treated with a substance that gives it a smell in order to ______.

The olfactory cleft is the ______.

Foliate papillae are found ______.

The orbitofrontal cortex appears to be linked to the ______.

Human thresholds for odorant detection ______.

Spherical structures within the olfactory bulb where the olfactory tract forms mitral cells and tufted cells are known as ______.

Briefly describe how experience of flavor and taste differ.

The macrosmatic nerve is a nerve that is associated with the feel of odorants, also known as the fifth cranial nerve.

The olfactory bulb is a part of the brain just behind the nose; it is the first place in the brain where olfactory information is processed.

Polly is sure she knows the name of the aroma wafting through the kitchen.She knows she likes a spice heavy in this aroma on some foods, but she cannot recall the name of the aroma.Polly is experiencing ______.

A phenomenon that occurs when a person is familiar with an odor but cannot recall its name, despite feeling as if he or she can, is known as ______.

The perceptual events that accompany the nose's discovery of chemicals in the air are referred to as ______.

Olfaction and gustation are considered ______.