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Chemical Senses Taste and Smell

Chemical Senses Taste and Smell. 1 taste bud = 50-150 receptors. Chemical Senses Taste. Crystal (salt/sugar) Solution (salt/sugar). Sugar water Lemon juice Salt water Onion juice. Sweet Sour Salty Bitter Umami. Structure of the Taste System - continued.

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Chemical Senses Taste and Smell

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  1. Chemical Senses Taste and Smell 1 taste bud = 50-150 receptors

  2. Chemical Senses Taste • Crystal (salt/sugar) • Solution (salt/sugar) Sugar water Lemon juice Salt water Onion juice Sweet Sour Salty Bitter Umami

  3. Structure of the Taste System - continued • Taste buds are located in papallae except for filiform • Tongue contains approximately 10,000 taste buds • Each taste bud has taste cells with tips that extend into the taste pore • Transduction occurs when chemicals contact the receptor sites on the tips ch 15

  4. Structure of the Taste System These pathways make connections in the nucleus of solitary tract in the spinal cord Then they travel to the thalamus Followed by areas in the frontal lobe: • Insula • Frontal opervulum cortex • Orbital frontalcortex ch 15

  5. Chemical Senses Are you a “Supertaster?” >35 papillae per 7 mm diameter

  6. Chemical Senses Smell

  7. ch 15 Detecting Odors • Rats are 8 to 50 times more sensitive to odors than humans • Dogs are 300 to 10,000 times more sensitive • The difference lies in the number of receptors: Humans have 10 million olfactory receptors Dogs have 1 billion olfactory receptors

  8. Structure of the Olfactory System glomeruli • Olfactory mucosa is located at the top of the nasal cavity • Odorants are carried along the mucosa coming in contact with the sensory neurons • Cilia of these neurons contain the receptors • Humans have about 350 types of receptors. • Signals are carried to the glomeruli in the olfactory bulb Sensoryneurons receptors ch 15

  9. Taste Smell

  10. Taste, Smell, Vision Work Together Taste with/without smell? Identification? Taste with/without vision Identification? Smell/Taste gradients? (Spices?)

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