Structure and Function of the Nose

Air is breathed through......

• The mouth

• The nostrils

• The olfactory cleft

• The Cilia

Another name for the top of the nose is....

• Olfactory Cleft

• Olfactory Epithelium

• Receptor Cells

• Olfactory Bulb

The mucus membrane is also know as......

• Cilia

• Receptor Cells

• Cribriform Plate

• Olfactory Epithelium

What directs airflow as well as warmth, humidity, and filters the air breathed in?

• Turbinates

• Cilia

• Axons

• Nostrils

The hair-like structure in the nose is called....

• Mucus

• Cilia

• Axons

• Turbinates

Odour molecules bind onto what in order to generate a signal or pulse?

• Receptor Cells

• Cilia

• Axons

• Nostrils

Signals are passed along tiny nerve fibres called what?

• Olfactory Cleft

• Cilia

• Axons

• Olfactory Bulb

The layer of bone at the bottom of the skull, which the axons pass though is called what?

• Turbinates

• Cribriform Plate

• Olfactory Bulb

• Olfactory Cleft

The frontal lobe of the brain is called what? This is where the signals come together.

• Cribriform Plate

• Olfactory Cleft

• Receptor Cells

• Olfactory Bulb

What is responsible for processing the signals received from the receptors?

• Olfactory Bulb

• Olfactory Cleft

• Axons

• Cilia