taste and smell quiz

Senses that respond to chemicals in solution utilize which of the following:

• Meissner's corpuscle

• chemoreceptors

• crista ampullaris

• beta lactamase

Which of the following senses are most closely related:

• touch and smell

• smell and taste

• taste and hearing

• hearing and smell

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Which of the following is linked closely to the limbic system:

• gestation

• equilibrium

• olfactation

• gustation

The nerves associated with smell are referred to as the:

• olfactory receptor cells

• smell cells

• gustatory receptor cells

• umami cells

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Which of the following is false:

• Olfactory and gustatory hairs are parts of the smell and taste nerve cells, respectively

• Hearing and balance are both sensed in the inner ear

• Taste buds are found only on the tongue

• All of the above are false

Small projections located on the tongue’s surface where taste buds are located are known as:

• papillae

• gustatory cells

• olfactory epithelium

• mucous producing glands

Which of the following papillae do not contain taste buds:

• fungiform

• filiform

• circumvallate

• all of the above

Which of the following receptors guide the intake of carbohydrates:

• sweet

• sour

• bitter

• umami

• salty

Which of the following receptors respond to nitrogen containing molecules:

• sweet

• sour

• bitter

• umami

• salty

Which of the following receptors guides the intake of protein:

• sweet

• sour

• bitter

• umami

• salty

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