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What are know as the 'chemical senses'?
Chemical senses are senses that require chemicals to stimulate them. Taste and smell are both chemical senses. All other senses are considered mechanical or electrical.
What is the technical term for sense of taste?
gustation
How does olfaction occur?
Within the nasal cavity, odorant molecules interact with the cilia on odorant receptor cells. The binding of odorant molecules onto receptor proteins causes a net change in the membrane permeability of the receptor cells which then causes an action potential to be generated by the receptor cell. Unlike other senses, olfaction is not redirected by the Thalmus. It instead goes directly from the afferent receptor cells to the olfactory bulb. From the olfactory bulb, the action potential is sent directly to the cerebral cortex, specifically the limbic system (this is why there is a large emotional association with smell).
What are part of the brain is concerned with olfaction?
Rhinal means relating to the part of the brain concerned with olfaction
What is the sense of smell is termed?
olfaction
What is the Scientific term for touch?
The scientific names for the 5 senses are: 1. Sight- Vision (Visual) 2. Hearing- Audition (Auditory) 3. Taste- Gustation (Gustatory) 4. Smell- Olfaction (Olfactory) 5. Touch- Tactition (Tactile)
What are know as the 'chemical senses'?
Chemical senses are senses that require chemicals to stimulate them. Taste and smell are both chemical senses. All other senses are considered mechanical or electrical.
What is gustation a sense of?
Gustation is the sense of taste.
What is the technical term for sense of taste?
gustation
What Sense is not routed through thalamus before processing?
The sense of Olfaction or smell. Unlike the rest of the senses which are routed through the thalamus, olfaction goes through the olfactory cortex in the temporal lobe and to the limbic system which is associated with memory. That is the reason smell is strongly associated with emotion is due to it's ties to the limbic system. Source; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfaction
What can we learn about human olfaction by studying animal olfaction?
Olfaction is known as the sense of smell. Human olfaction can be learned about when studying animals because the systems work very similarly.
How does olfaction occur?
Within the nasal cavity, odorant molecules interact with the cilia on odorant receptor cells. The binding of odorant molecules onto receptor proteins causes a net change in the membrane permeability of the receptor cells which then causes an action potential to be generated by the receptor cell. Unlike other senses, olfaction is not redirected by the Thalmus. It instead goes directly from the afferent receptor cells to the olfactory bulb. From the olfactory bulb, the action potential is sent directly to the cerebral cortex, specifically the limbic system (this is why there is a large emotional association with smell).
What are part of the brain is concerned with olfaction?
Rhinal means relating to the part of the brain concerned with olfaction
How does a giraffe interact with other animals?
They use senses to tell other animals if it needs help.
How do housefly sense things?
Houseflies use several types of senses to interact with the world around them. Like other insects, they use their senses of sight, feel and smell.
What are the five special senses?
Simply..... the five senses are as follows ( hear/smell/touch/feel/hear/see) There is a sixth sense which is sensitivity but it's complicated ........XD-
What is olfaction?
The word olfaction is the word that describes how the sense of smell works. It means that a person or thing has the ability to smell things.
