perception final - olfaction/gustation/sense abnormalities

mucosa

deep in naval cavity, houses receptor neurons

amygdala

in the temporal lobe, responsible for decoding emotional aspects of stimuli

papillae

the little bumps on the top of your tongue that help grip food while your teeth are chewing

chorda tympani nerve

carries most taste info to brain, doesnt cross over in pathway

umami

savory, brothy taste, taste of MGN

oritofrontal cortex

may be where smell and taste are combined in the brain to form flavor perception (in frontal lobe)

chemesthesis

detecting irritants (taste)

synesthesia

linked sensory perceptions, involuntary, automatic, consistant

chromesthesia

most common sensory pairing ( audition and vision)

grapheme-color synesthesia

most common synesthetic experince (colored numbers and letters)

migraine

visual aura, headache, sensory sensitivity, nausea, disorientation

sensory plasticity

capacity to functionally appropriate adjustments in the neural connection patterns of our sensory system (our sensory systems are not fixed)