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Q: What is the mechanism of olfactory adaptation?
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What is the synonym for coping mechanism?

Adaptation or defense mechanism.


What is in charge of your olfactory system?

The mechanism of the olfactory system can be divided into a peripheral one, sensing an external stimulus and encoding it as an electric signal in neurons, and a central one, where all signals are integrated and processed in the central nervous system. The peripheral olfactory system receptors are connected to bipolar olfactory receptor neurons in the olfactory epithelium. Fot the central olfactory system, axons from the olfactory sensory neurons converge in the olfactory bulb.


What is olfactory adaptation'?

basiclly make sure offensive odors stop being offensive after continued exposure.


Adaptation is possible due to the known mechanism of?

mitosis


Which mechanism of evolution can cause adaptation?

Natural selection.


Describe an adaptation that benefits a plant?

Defence mechanism of the plant


How is the adaptation of the olfactory lobes and the optic lobes an advantage for the frogs lifestyle?

The olfactory lobes are used by frogs as homing tools to find breeding grounds. The optic lobes allow them an almost 360 degree vision for locating prey.


Which adaptation for successful development is characteristic of all embryos?

All embryos must have a mechanism for absorbing oxygen


What cranial nerve is used when smelling a flower?

The Olfactory nerve. CN1 Cranial Nerve I, or the first cranial nerve called the Olfactory nerve.


Do humans have accessory olfactory system?

Yes. There are two distinct parts to the olfactory system--the main olfactory system and the accessory olfactory system


Olfactory nerve filaments are found?

in the olfactory bulb


Where are olfactory receptors located?

In vertebrates the olfactory receptors are located in the cilia of the olfactory sensory neurons. In insects olfactory receptors are located on the antennae and other chemo sensory organs.