Olfaction & Gustation

Term that means sense of smell

• gustation

• olfaction

• mastication

• proprioception

Olfactory epithelium consists of this type of epithelium

• simple squamous

• simple cuboidal

• transitional

• simple columnar

number of olfactory receptors in humans

• 10-20

• 10 - 20 thousand

• 10-20 million

• 10-20 billion

Humans can distinguish _____________ chemical stimuli

• 20 - 40

• 200-400

• 2,000-4,000

• 20,000-40,000

How can some smells stimulate emotions?

• Bring up information stored in cerebellum

• Bring up information stored in temporal lobe

• bring up information stored in thalamus

• bring up information stored in hypothalamus/limbus

Vertebrates other than humans have _____ surface area compared to humans

• 7x

• 37x

• 72x

• 127x

Which term means sense of taste?

• olfaction

• gustation

• mastication

• proprioception

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which Lingual papillae contains no taste buds?

• Foliate

• Vallate

• Fungiform

• Filiform

Which Lingual papillae contains five taste buds per papilla?

• Foliate

• Vallate

• Fungiform

• Filiform

Which Lingual papillae contains 100 taste buds per each of 12 papilla?

• Foliate

• Vallate

• Fungiform

• Filiform