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yes, they respond to chemicals trapped in the mucus of the nasal cavity
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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.
Which cranial nerves is responsible for olfaction?
The olfactory nerve which is also cranial nerve number 1 is responsible for the sense of olfaction.
Why are taste and smell receptors classified as Chemoreceptors because they both respond to?
Chemoreceptors (chemical receptors) respond to chemicals in food and scents.
What is the scientific name for the sense of smell?
Olfaction.
The olfactory receptors are examples of what type of ceptors?
chemoreceptors. o2bcd8d
Receptors for taste and olfaction are classified as?
chemoreceptors
Does stimulation of chemoreceptors cause a decrease in respiratory rate and depth?
yes
Is salivation a result of parasympathetic stimulation?
no
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.
Which is not a result of parasympathetic stimulation?
dilation of the pupils
What are the sensory receptors that are responsible for sensations of smell and taste?
chemoreceptors
What are part of the brain is concerned with olfaction?
Rhinal means relating to the part of the brain concerned with olfaction
The receptors in the human nose are chemoreceptors mechanoreceptors nocireceptors which one is corrected?
chemoreceptors - for smell.
Stimulation of a cat's amygdala is most likely to result in?
increased aggression
Taste and smell receptors are classified as chemoreceptors because they both respond to?
Chemoreceptors are classified as sensory cells or organs that respond to chemical stimuli. The nose and tongue are both equipped with chemoreceptors.
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.
Which cranial nerves is responsible for olfaction?
The olfactory nerve which is also cranial nerve number 1 is responsible for the sense of olfaction.
