olfactory receptors and taste buds

• chemoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

• photoreceptors

• osmoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

NOT a primary taste sensation

• bitter

• salty

• sweet

• peppery

can detect the largest variety

• taste buds

• olfactory receptors

• cones

• rods

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

lobe of brain responsible for smell

• frontal

• parietal

• occipital

• temporal

lobe of brain responsible for taste

• frontal

• occipital

• parietal

• temporal

Which are more sensitive (lower threshold)

• olfactory receptors

• taste buds

• cones

• hair cells

chemical sense of taste

• gustation

• olfaction

• anosmia

• ageusia

chemical sense of smell

• ageusia

• gustation

• olfaction

• anosmia

decline in the transmission of a sensory neuron when receptor is continuously stimulated; smell is rapid

• accommodation

• adaptation

• anosmia

• ageusia

receptor of gustation; sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami

• cones

• olfactory receptors

• hair cells

• taste buds