Exam 26: Special Senses: Olfaction and Taste

Airborne chemicals are most likely to stimulate .

It is easier to taste and identify a particular substance if .

Taste receptors are found primarily on the tongue, but may also be found _ _.

The sensation of taste is carried on axons of the following cranial nerve(s): .

The axons of olfactory receptor cells constitute .

Both olfactory receptor cells and taste receptor cells are .

Adaptation of the olfactory epithelium _ .

Taste receptor cells are found in structures called _.

Tastes associated with caffeine, quinine, or aspirin are detected primarily by taste receptors.

Of all the factors that influence our sense of taste, this is the most important one.

The olfactory epithelium .

are precursor cells that give rise to new gustatory epithelial cells.

Sugar crystals placed on a dry tongue _ .

Nerve fibers from the olfactory bulb project directly to .

Which structures form a V-shape on the posterior portion of the tongue?

Salty taste seems to be due to _.

The portion of the bipolar olfactory receptor cell that actually detects odors is the .

Olfactory receptor cells differ from all other receptors for special senses in that they .

Acids primarily activate receptors that respond to tastes.

Taste receptor cells are also called .