Taste and Smell

In what structure do you find taste pores and gustatory hairs?

Taste buds (found in raised areas papillae)

The facial nerve transfers taste sensations from the _____ of the tongue

anterior

The glossopharyngeal nerve transfers taste sensations from the ____ of the tongue

back

Where do cranial nerves take sensations for taste? (relay station)

Thalamus

Taste is interpreted in the _____ cortex of the brain

gustatory

80% of what we “taste” is actually ____

smell

Thermoreceptors

temp

Mechanoreceptors

textures

Olfactory hairs are embedded in _______ linings in the nasal cavity

olfactory epithelium

Olfactory hairs are the ends of nerve cells which transmit sensations of odor to the olfactory ____

bulb

Nerve extensions travel through the ____ bone of the skull

ethmoid