Senses Review

The five tastes sensed by neurons on the tongue are sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and ________.

• Youma

• Umami

• Umomma

• Uknow

If you hold your nose and start chewing a watermelon jellybean, what will it taste like?

• Watermelon

• Sweet

• Sour

• All of the above

A food with high amounts of sucrose and NaCl would be __________.

• salty and sour

• salty and bitter

• sweet and sour

• sweet and salty

Which taste will be associated with citrus fruits?

• salty

• sour

• sweet

• bitter

T/F: Your sense of smell greatly affects your ability to taste food.

• True

• False

• Not sure

• Sometimes

T/F: You are able to sense many different flavors because of your sense of smell.

• True

• False

• Not sure

• Sometimes

T/F: Your sense of taste is controlled by sensory neurons on your tongue.

• True

• False

• No idea

• Sometimes

Touch depends on __________ neurons in the skin.

• interneurons

• motor

• sensory

• mega

Which receptors perceive sensations related to the temperature of objects?

• proprioceptors

• thermoreceptors

• nociceptors

• mechanoreceptors

The fingertips have the highest amount of _________.

• mechanoreceptors

• nociceptors

• proprioceptors

• thermoreceptors