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Lacking a sense of smell is called anosmia. A serious head injury can cause anosmia. Most likely this results in damage to the olfactory nerves as they enter the olfactory bulb. The axons enter the brain via holes in the cribiform plateso a sudden blow can sever the axons. Most of what people perceive as taste is actually smell, which is why food tastes bland when you have a head cold.
Anosmia and ageusia (lack of taste) can be due to zinc deficiency. In this case the person may also present with poor wound healing.
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∙ 15y agoSometimes a virus or someting can destroy your olfactory nerves and you become anosmic. If you can't smell then your sense of taste is effected, too
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∙ 12y agoIt is often the beginning of viral infection, such as upper respiratory infection.
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∙ 8y agoColds, flus and Allergies are known to produce a "stuffy" nose which interacts with the tongue. This will inhibit a person's sense of taste and smell.
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Cells that provide for sense of taste?
sense of smell
What sense are the strongest smell or taste?
The 2 are connected but the sense of smell is stronger.
Why can't you taste without a sense of smell?
The senses of smell and taste are closely interrelated, and one definitely does affect the other to some extent.Although they are extremely closely related you will not loose your sense of taste if you lose your sense of smell it will just be extremely mild. You dont reallz lose your sense of taste physiologically instead psychologically you would find food less tast, not because your sense of taste is affected but because 80% of what we consider to be tasty food comes from how they smell.(1) On April 29, 2008 at 3:07 am User:Patty_Robb[0] said:I have lost my sense of smell since about ten years ago. It has gotten progressively worse. At first I would have phantom smells or if someone suggested a smell I would smell it for hours. I now do not even have a memory of smells and have lost my sense of taste as well.
What does chemoreceptors play a role in the sense of?
Smell and Taste are the two senses that depend on chemoreceptors
Smell and taste are known as the?
chemical sense
How does your sense of tast affect your sense of smell?
Smell is an important part of taste. without smell you would not taste anything. So if you don't have a sense of smell you won't have the sense of taste eather.
Is it better to loose taste or smell?
It is better to loose taste, it is less sensible.
Do fresh coconuts have a soapy taste and smell?
It varies depending on the person and the coconut. Every coconut is different and each person has a different sense of taste and smell, it's just how you perceive it.
Cells that provide for sense of taste?
sense of smell
Is your sense of taste affected by your sense of smell?
no
Do crocodiles have a good sense of smell?
It has a sharp sense of touch, smell, and taste.
What sense are the strongest smell or taste?
The 2 are connected but the sense of smell is stronger.
Which sense is closely tied to smell?
The sense of taste. When you are attracted to the nice smell of food, you can sometimes taste it in your mouth as if you were eating it!x
Which sense taste or smell is highly developted in humans?
the sense of smell is more developed than taste because most of the nuance in taste actually comes from smell. you can only taste three things salt, bitter, and sweet. the rest is your sense of smell which provides a much greater variety.
How many catching a cold affect your sense of taste?
The sense of smell and taste are closely intertwined. When nasal congestion occurs during a cold, the taste you have can be affected to where you can only have the base tastes of salty, sweet, bitter, or sour.
How does the working of your sense of smell affect your sense of taste?
Think about when you get a stuffy nose. When you lose your sense of smell it impairs your sense of taste.
What happens when your sense of smell goes bad?
When you lose your sense of smell you begin to lose taste too. This happens because a large portion of your taste comes from smell.
