Other Senses

Which of the following senses are most closely related:

• touch and smell

• smell and taste

• taste and hearing

• hearing and smell

The nerves associated with smell are referred to as the:

• olfactory receptor cells

• smell cells

• gustatory receptor cells

• umami cells

Which of the following is NOT a primary taste sensation?

• bitter

• salty

• sweet

• peppery

chemical sense of smell

• ageusia

• gustation

• olfaction

• anosmia

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

• cones

• olfactory receptors

• hair cells

• taste buds

Only skin sensation that has identifiable receptor cells.

• Pressure

• Pain

• Warmth

• Cold

Sense of being upright and balanced- receives feedback from the semi-circular canals.

• Olfactory Sense

• Kinesthesis

• Vestibular Sense

• Gustatory Sense

According to the Gate Control Theory, you can reduce pain by activating...

• large bundle of neurons in the spinal cord.

• small bundle of neurons in the spinal cord.

• large bundle of neurons in the brain.

• small bundle of neurons in the brain.

What is the only sense that is not sent to the thalamus?

• taste

• touch

• vision

• smell

the system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts

• kinesthesis

• common fate

• stroboscopic motion

• vestibular sense