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Which cell detect the smell?

I think it's olfactory cells.


Which sense organ has olfactory cells that let you detect an odor?

Smell


What are cells which detect change called?

They are called Receptor Cells


How many odor detecting cells?

The olfactory bulb can detect the smell of odor particles.


What would a chemoreceptor allow you to do?

detect smell


What path does smell messages take from the nose to the brain?

the smell travels to the olfactory cells, near the top of the nose. when these cells detect the smell, the cells send specific electrical impulses to the brain, which are then interpreted by the lobe of the brain, located under the skull fissure


Which nerve carries impulses from the cells that detect smells?

The olfactory nerve carries impulses from odor-detecting cells to the brain.


Describe the origin and pathway of an impulse that results in smell?

Smell is a chemical sense detected by sensory cells called chemoreceptors. When an odorant stimulates the chemoreceptors in the nose that detect smell, they pass on electrical impulses to the brain which then interprets patterns in electrical activity as specific odors and olfactory sensation becomes perception.


Why do human beings see color?

There are certain cells in your eye retina that detect colour, called cone cells.


What are Retinal receptors that detect black white and gray?

The rod cells detect black in white while the cone cells detect colors.


What structure contains cells called rods and cones?

An eye. Rods and cones detect light and colour.


How Does Cesium Smell?

Cesium doesn't have a smell you need special equipment to detect Cesium.