Lesson on Taste and Smell

We can detect _________with our tongue

• Flavour

• Smell

Olfactory nerve is a part of the

• Taste sense

• Smell sense

The tiny, pink bumps on your tongue are called

• Saliva

• Taste buds

The taste buds produce nerve impulses and transmit

them to the

• Gustatory nerve

• Taste buds

Taste bulb can detect

• Flavour.

• Special chemicals in the things that we eat and drink.

NOT a primary taste sensation

• bitter

• salty

• sweet

• peppery

Which of the following senses are most closely related:

• touch and smell

• smell and taste

• taste and hearing

• hearing and smell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The nerves associated with smell are referred to as the:

• olfactory receptor cells

• smell cells

• gustatory receptor cells

• umami cells

Small projections located on the tongue’s surface where taste buds are located are known as:

• papillae

• gustatory cells

• olfactory epithelium

• mucous producing glands

Plain Potato Chips taste:

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