Lecture 3 Senses and Tast

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Chemical Senses incluse what?
Taste and smell
Taste and smell scientific name
Gustation and olfaction
Odarants
Chemicalswith an odor and bind to olfactory receptors
Receptors in the nose for smell are contained in what region?
Olfactory epithelium
The organ of smell
Olfactory epithelium
Olfactory receptor cells are what?
Bipolar neurons with radiating olfactory cilia
Bundles of axons of olfactory receptor cells form the filaments of what?
Olfactory nerve
What do supporting cells do?
Surround and cushion olfactory receptor cells
Lie at the base of the epithelium
Basal cells
Question 10
1) olfactory epithelium
2) Olfactory tract
3) Olfactory bulb
4) Nasal conchae
Supporting cell
Provide physical support, nourishment and electrical insulation for olfactory receptor

Detoxify odorants
BBasal cell produces what?
New olfactory receptor cells
Olfactory glands secrete what?
Secrete mucus
Question 14
1) Basal cell
2) Supporting cell
3) Olfactory gland
Physiology of smell
1) Dissolved odorants bind to receptor proteins

2) G protein is activated

3) produces cAMP as a secondary messenger

4)cAMP opens Na and CA channels - causes depolorization - triggers action potential