In what ways are our senses of taste and smell similar, and how do they differ?

Q: What are the similarities in how receptive fields are represented by the nervous system?  What…

A: In this particular question we have to describe about receptive field and how these are related with…

Q: what is the connection between studying a brain that experiences phantom senses and understanding a…

A: Thank you for the question   Answer : Phantom sense's are experienced by some individuals.These are…

Q: How is our sense of balance related to vision?

A: A vision is known as the mechanism where the eyes are capable of detecting light from the outside…

Q: What cortex is involved in smell and memory?

A: Olfactory Cortex is involved in smell.

Q: How do sensory receptors collect information?

A: Sensory receptors are specialized epidermal cells that respond to environmental stimuli and consist…

Q: How do the different types of taste receptors stimulate the release of a neurotransmitter?

A: Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that are useful in transmitting messages from nerve cells…

Q: Name the organs of Smell?

A: Introduction The bodily structure which serves the sense of smell are nose and nasal cavities. In…

Q: As we progress from bipolar cells to ganglion cells to later cells in the visual system, are…

A: Introduction The visual system is made up of sensory organs and some parts of the central nervous…

Q: How many different odorants could a person distinguish if each odorant is bound by a single type of…

A: Odorant receptors or olfactory receptors are known as smell receptors. They help animals to perceive…

Q: What is internal ear known as?

A: The internal ear is the part of ear that contains the organs for sense of hearing as well as…

Q: What would happen to your sense of smell if there were damage to basal cells or no basal cells…

A: Answer. The olfactory system is one of the oldest systems that help in the detection of food. It…

Q: Which Receptor detects smell?

A: Animal physiology is the systematic study of the supporting features, roles, and processes of…

Q: What region of the brain receives subconscious input from the olfactory cells? What region receives…

A: Olfactory receptor cells/ORCs are highly specialized nerve cells that contain a maximum of eight…

Q: What is the role of transduction in the sensory system? How doestransduction occur for each of the…

A: Signal transduction is initiated when the extracellular messenger (neurotransmitter) binds to the…

Q: Why is saliva necessary to taste?

A: Animals poses some specialised structures to perceive the different type of changes(=stimuli)…

Q: If all neurons transmit the same type of message, how do you know the difference between sound and…

A: “Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three sub parts for…

Q: What are the five basic taste sensations, and what is the specific stimulus detected by each?

A: The ‘tongue’ is a muscular organ. It helps the human to taste food or to feel its texture. It also…

Q: Distinguish between sensory transduction and perception.

A: Ans: These are the two types of response of the brain to stimulus. The one is real and the other is…

Q: Where does the process of sensation occur in the body?

A: The passive mechanism of getting knowledge from the outside world into the body and to the brain is…

Q: How does a taste bud function?

A: To describe: To describe how a taste bud functions and its effects

Q: What is the function of Color Vision?

A: The visual sense organ is comprised of the eyes. The eyes are made up of multiple components and are…

Q: How might being in a place with less gravity than Earth has (such as Earth’s moon) affect vestibular…

A: The vestibular sense contributes to our ability to maintain balance and body posture. The major…

Q: What kinds of molecules often trigger our sense of smell?

A: When we sense a smell, we actually sense the presence of small vaporized molecules. So, when we…

Q: How do the different theories of color vision explain our perceptions? What are the differences…

A: The visions are of two types- achromatic and chromatic vision. The visualization of color takes…

Q: what is the first sense of taste lost in aging   salty, spicy, bitter,sour

A: Humans are born with 50,000 test buds. Test buds are present on tough and responsible for the…

Q: Describe How do your senses help you respond to different stimuli you encounter in your environment?

A: Sensory receptors are special cells in each sense organ that respond to a certain form of stimulus.…

Q: How does the brain know the meaning of the information coming from a sensory receptor, e.g. that it…

A: Sensory neurons are attached with a special type of cell known as sensory receptor or sensory…

Q: how are taste and smell functions similar and different?

A: Senses of taste and smell are similar as they both combine at the back of the throat and when…

Q: What is the influence of sensory unit size and density on acuity?

A: Two-point discrimination is the ability to distinguish between two points touching the skin. Hence,…

Q: How is our sense of smell linked with the sense of taste?

A: The sense of smell and taste are very important as they elicit the response for food odor and deadly…

Q: What brain regions serve the sense of smell and how dothey differ in their olfactory functions?

A: The brain has four main structures; the Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Limbic System, and Brain Stem. The…

Q: how is taste and smell senses linked together

A: The senses of smell and taste combine at the back of the throat. When something is tasted before…

Q: What are the organs of Hearing ?

A: Hearing, or auditory perception can be defined as the ability to perceive the sounds by detecting…

Q: Explain why individuals are often so insensitive to their own body and breath odor. How does sensory…

A: The sensory organs are the specialized organs that comprise sensory neurons. These neurons help to…

Q: . nucleus of solitary tract

A: Gustatory cortex It is a brain structure responsible for taste perception. The primary gustatory…

Q: Why is your sense of smell and taste diminished when you have a cold?

A: Cold is defined as the viral infection of the nose and throat. Symptoms of cold include runny nose,…

Q: What must happen to odorant and tastant molecules before they can be sensed?

A: Chemoreceptors are used by both taste and smell, meaning implies they both sense the chemical…

Q: What are the five senses of the human body? Why are human brains the biggest?

A: In order to react, communicate, and stay healthy and safe, the nervous system needs to receive and…

Q: In what way does the overall magnitude of a stimulus affect the just-noticeable difference in the…

A: Introduction: The duration of the impulse varies depending on the degree of the stimulation. Sensory…

Q: What is the vomeronasal organ and what activity does it perform? Why is its functioning often…

A: The sense organs are defined as the specialized sensory organs that are essential to identify the…

Q: Where are the general senses located? nose skin tongue eyes

A: There are generally two types of sense organs found in human beings and they are the General sense…

Q: Many people believe that blind people have supernatural hearing. How would brain plasticity explain…

A: Sensory deprivation is connected with substantial crossmodal neuroplastic alterations in the brain,…

Q: What are some general similarities in how receptive fields are represented by the nervous system?…

A: The receptive field is a region in the sensory periphery that is influenced by a stimulus that…

Anatomy and Physiology of Special Sensory Organs

Sensory organs can be labeled as special sensory structures that permit sight, hearing, odor, and flavor. Sensory structures permitting proprioception, touch, thermal, and pain perception can be classified as more advanced sensory organs. The sensory neurons are trained to find out modifications in the external and internal conditions so that a person's body can react to that change. A stimulus is the first signal that is recognized by any sensory receptor of the body. Stimulus is an impulse generated when there is a change in the surroundings of a person. For example, a heated environment will alert the brain through the thermal sensory organs and generate a reflex accordingly.

Sensory Receptors

The human sensory system is one of the most complex and highly evolved structures, which processes a myriad of incoming messages. This well-coordinated system helps an organism or individual to respond to external stimuli, appropriately. The sensory receptors are an important part of the sensory system. These receptors are specialized epidermal cells that respond to external environmental stimuli. These receptors consist of structural and support cells that form the peripheral unit of the receptor and the neural dendrites which receive and detect the external stimuli.