Special Senses Smell and Taste From Google Classroom Upload Taste and Smell Notes

Testing sensory adaptation- smell As we pass each container down the row, identify the odor by writing the name on your note page. (Please don’t share your thoughts.) All of the odors are safe. None will trigger a pain receptor!!!!! Answer questions 1 and 2: Can you continue to smell after inhaling an odor again and again? When you try to smell the next odor, do you still smell the previous odor?

During the activity you experienced sensory adaptation. What is sensory adaptation? The ability of the sensory system to filter out old information and ignore it in an attempt to be prepared for new incoming sensory stimuli. Why is sensory adaptation important?

Photoreceptors Mechanoreceptors Chemoreceptors Pain receptors Muscle stretch receptors and position receptors

The sense of smell

Organ of smell Nose

Receptor and how it functions Chemoreceptor Odorants dissolve in mucus found in the nasal cavity  Cilia on olfactory cells found in the nasal cavity detect odorant molecules  a nerve impulse is sent through olfactory cells into the olfactory nerve fiber

The cilia on these neurons are immovable Olfactory neurons are the only neurons exposed to the external environment.

Nerve that leads to the brain Olfactory bulbs To Olfactory tracts

Part of the brain that interprets smell Primary destination: Temporal Lobe Primary olfactory cortex Hippocampus (memory) Secondary destinations: Frontal lobe Orbitofrontal cortex (integrates smell and taste)

Fun Facts Humans can detect at least A. 100 different odors B. 500 different odors C. 10,000 different odors D. 80,000,000 different odors Some people can detect trillions of different odors. (Study from 2014) True or False? Women are more sensitive to odor than men. True, and women are more sensitive during ovulation True or False? We can detect odor concentrations as low as a few parts per trillion. True True or False: Dogs can not smell the difference between identical twins?

Taste Why do we like the taste of sweets? Our body needs carbohydrates for energy production. Why do we crave salt? Ions- Na and Cl Nerve Impulses Why do we avoid sour and bitter? Sour = Rancid Bitter = Poison Why do we love bacon? (umami) Our body needs protein (muscle, enzymes, antibodies)

Sense Organ Taste Bud

Types of Receptors What do you think? Chemoreceptors Mechanoreceptors Thermoreceptors Pain Receptors Chemical dissolves in saliva Taste hairs of taste cells receive stimulus Taste buds are found on your tongue, sides and roof of mouth and pharynx.

Taste bud fun facts Children have about 10,000 taste buds whereas adults have about 5,000. Each taste bud has 50- 150 receptor cells that live for 1-2 weeks. They are replaced daily by stem cells.

Nerve Pathway

Brain Interpretation Thalamus- relays message to parietal lobe of brain where we become conscious of taste Hypothalamus- trigger autonomic nervous system (salivating, gagging, vomitting)

How are taste and smell related? Jelly Bean Challenge The subject closes their eyes, plugs their nose, and holds out their hand. The partner places a jelly bean into the open hand and notes the color. The subject tries to determine the flavor of the jelly bean with a plugged nose. While chewing, the nose is unplugged and the person has another opportunity to determine the flavor of the jelly bean.

Describe what happens and why Describe what happens and why. What happens to our ability to taste when we have a cold? Why? From a safety standpoint, why is the nose located over the mouth?

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