The Senses

How many senses do we have?

Name the senses

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The taste buds, which are distributed all over the tongue, can detect how many tastes?

The taste buds on your tongue can detect what tastes?

Is there a difference between taste and flavor?

What is the difference between taste and flavor?

• They are different because flavor takes the information to the brain. Taste uses the nose to taste and smell.

• Taste is a chemical sense perceived by receptor cells in the taste buds of your tongue. While, flavor is the result of multiple senses acting together.

• To perceive flavor, your brain takes information from the taste buds, your sense of smell, the texture, and how hot it is due to seasoning.

• The flavor of foods is influenced by the sense of smell. Taste have receptors called chemoreceptors.

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We smell through our ____ ____ that are in our noses.

• Receptor Cells

• Cochlea Nerves

• Olfactory Nerves

• Umami Cells

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Humans can detect over ______ different smells.

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Once in the retina, light will encounter ____ types of cells.

• Three

• Four

• Five

• Two

Once in the retina, light will encounter what types of cells?

• Rods and Cones

• Taste and Flavor

• Pupil and Iris muscles

• Lens, light, and vitreous