The Senses

How many senses do we have?

Name the senses

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.

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

• Receptor Cells

• Cochlea Nerves

• Olfactory Nerves

• Umami Cells

Humans can detect over ______ different smells.

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