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Olfaction
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Sense of smell
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Olfactory epithelium
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It is in the superior part of the nasal cavity where the smell receptors reside.
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Cribriform plates
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Bones that protect the olfactory bulbs
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Olfactory foramina
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Tiny holes in the cribriform plates allow the axons of the olfactory neurons to reach the olfactory bulb and synapse with association neurons there
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Olfactory neurons
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The end that is exposed to the air in the nasal cavity - bipolar - reach the olfactory bulb and synapse with association neurons there.
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Olfactory vesicles
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Specialized epithelial cells give rise to the olfactory vesicles containing kinocilia, which serve as sites of stimulus transduction.
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Olfactory hairs
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Hairs used to capyure and sweep foreign material out of the nasal area.
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Mucous layer
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Encases olfactory hairs
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Basal cells
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Cells that can replace lost neural cells.
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Volatile
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A substance that can evaporate into a vapor so that it becomes airborne
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Why does sniffing help us smell things that we otherwise would not smell?
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Sniffing brings the air up to the superior part of the nasal cavity where the receptors are
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Gustatory sense
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The sense of taste
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Papillae
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Surface of the tongue is full of tiny bumps
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Filiform papillae - taste buds?
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Have no taste buds
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Circumvallate papillae
characteristics and location
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The largest but least numerous of all papillae on the tongue - concentrated near the back of the tongue
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