Explain why nothing tastes as good when your nose is stuffed.

Q: Name the five primary taste sensations.

A: The gustatory system (sense of taste) is a sensory system that is partially responsible for the…

Q: After handling a fish, what is the best way to get rid of the smell? Why does this work?

A: The fish are aquatic organisms that are enjoyed as a delicacy throughout the world. The handling of…

Q: Drag each label to the appropriate position to classify the tongue region addressed by the label.…

A: Different types of papillae found on the human tongue and their associated functions in taste…

Q: What is not true about fragrance reception? a) Odor receptor cells have G-protein coupled receptor…

A: a) Odor receptor cells have G-protein coupled receptor mechanisms with high amplification b) We…

Q: Mrs. Flores is a 45-year-old female who suffered a fracture of the ethmoid bone as the result of a…

A: The patient is a 45-year old female who is suffering from a fracture in the ethmoid bone and loss of…

Q: If you can taste only five things (salt, bitter, sweet, sour, umami), why do the many foods you eat…

A: The tongue contains various taste papillae under its mucous membrane, which have several taste buds…

Q: If you completely dry your tongue surface and then place sugar crystals on it, can you taste it? Why…

A: Introduction: Gustation is referred to as the ability to taste. The sensory receptors that are…

Q: Why does your nose run when you are cold?

A: The nose can be defined as the body's important organ responsible for smell and also functions as…

Q: What is the role of the mucus in detection of smells?

A: Olfaction, also referred to as a sense of smell, is the process to create the perception of a smell.…

Q: Identify the structures of the tongue and the olfactory areas of the nose.

A: The sensory organs responsible for the smell and taste of something, combines together at the back…

Q: The olfactory bulb is organized into (...), which receive axons from olfactory receptor cells of the…

A: The brain is organized into two types of tissue: gray matter, which is composed of mixed neuronal…

Q: Label the gustatory structures in Figure 24.18(a), (b), and (c). Epiglottis- Palatine tonsil-…

A: The tongue is covered with papillae, which contain taste buds. Inside the taste buds there are…

Q: What is the difference between a lingual papilla and a taste bud? Which is visible to the naked eye?

A: The two chemical senses are taste and smell. In both taste and smell sensation, the chemicals that…

Q: Describe the epithelial tissue found in the nostrils

A: Nostrils are part of the respiratory system. Nostrils act as two channels of the nose. It is…

Q: During an experiment on the the cough reflex in humans, a subject inhales air containing differnt…

A: The cough reflex is considered to occur when the cough receptors gets stimulated by the dust or the…

Q: Indicate whether the view shows inhalation or exhalation. a .................. b..................

A: The breathing includes two processes: inhalation and exhalation. Inhalation can be defined as the…

Q: How can humans detect such a variety of odors with a limited number of olfactory receptors?

A: Proteins expressed on the olfactory receptor neuron's cell membrane that are responsible for the…

Q: List the types of papillae and outline the structure andfunction of a taste bud

A: The tongue is a mass of interlacing skeletal muscle , connective tissue with some mucous and serous…

Q: Gomphoses binds teeth to the bony alveolar sockets. The connection is not facilitated by a ________.

A: Introduction: A Joint is a connector between the bones. They are responsible for easy movement and…

Q: What is the function of the Olfactory Bulb?

A: Introduction: The olfactory bulb is an anatomical structure that is present in the forebrain of…

Q: Would the five basic taste sensations be  sufficient to distinguish all the different flavors of…

A: In the mouth, including on the tongue, there are small receptors that respond to the stimulus of…

Q: what are the potential effects of odor sensitivity on food choices?

A: Odor is a quality of something that stimulates the olfactory organ or a sensation resulting from…

Q: Compare how your digestive system reacts to the smell of the following: (a) boiling or steaming…

A: The digestive systems reaction to smell of food depends on the level of satiety and hunger. The…

Q: My question is     Salty and sour taste molecules are transduced directly into an electrical signal…

A: INTRODUCTION         In our oral cavity  the taste receptors cells mainly use to identify which the…

Q: Explain why it is often possible to “taste” medications, such as eyedrops,that have been placed into…

A: There are many number of receptors classified on the basis of cell type and their position with…

Q: There are fours types of papillae found on the tongue. Of the four types of papillae, which one does…

A: The tongue is the sensory organ that receives the signal of taste. Tongue is a muscular organ that…

Q: Describe the location and structure of taste buds.

A: Tongue plays a major organ in our mouth. It is pink in color and is composed of about eight flexible…

Q: How does olfaction (smell) contribute to flavor?

A: Sense organs are defined as the organs that respond by providing impulse to the sensory nervous…

Q: Identify the correct statment about the respiratory system  (A) the inner lining of the nasal…

A: The respiratory system comprises of organs and structure that serves to carry out the functions of…

Q: Identify the structures and the three primary functions of the nose.

A: The human nose represents one of the principal organs of the olfactory system in human. The nose…

Q: Why might a doctor smell the breath of a person known to have diabetes who has just passed out?

A: Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders that is characterized by a high blood sugar…

Q: Name the five taste modalities. Name the three types of papillae that have taste buds.

A: The Gustatory pathway or system is the highly specialized sensory system in which the lingual…

Q: Is olfactory adaptation or odor fatigue good for a person? Explain your answer.

A: Olfactory Fatigue is a term used for the loss of odor sensitivity of a product when exposed to that…

Q: Label the gustatory structures in Figure 24.18(a), (b), and (c). Epiglottis- Palatine tonsil-…

A: We can say that The gustatory system is a sensory system that is accountable for the perception of…

Q: Name the blue REGION indicated by the black arrow and Give its function. OO (a) 2019 Pearson…

A: The diagram shows the representation of the pharynx which is the hollow tube present inside the…

Q: Does everyone smell the same way? Give reasons why they might, and reasons why they might not.

A: Smell is a sense which is perceived by  olfactory receptors present in the nasal epithelium of nasal…