Taste and Smell

Which sense does not go through the thalamus and instead goes straight to the sensory cortex

What happens once compounds are dissolved in the mucous in smell?

Is the smell pathway divergent or convergent?

How do we become adapted to a persistant smell?

Describe the smell pathway

Describe discrimination in smell

How does ageing affect smell?

How are olfactory receptors replaced?

Describe the taste pathway

What are gustatory cells?

How long do gustatory cells last?

Where are taste buds found in adults and children?

How many taste buds do we have?

What is the circumvillate?

What is the filiform?

What is fungiform?

We have quicker responses to what tastes? Why?

How do we descriminate between different tastes?

Which normal inhalations, how much inhaled air gets to olfactory organs?

What is the mechanism from breathing in?

Describe olfactory receptors and the cilia and explain why it is like that

What is mucous secreted by in smell?

What must compounds be to diffuse into the mucous for smell? Why?