4.17-4.20: Touch, Body States, Smell, and Taste Flashcards
The sense of touch
Tactile sense
The region of the brain where the processing of touch sensations occurs
Primary somatosensory cortex
A depiction of how the body is represented by the brain, proportional to the amount of cortex devoted to each body part
Somatosensory homunculus
The sensory system responsible for awareness of body positions
Prorioception
The sensory system primarily responsible for balance
Vestibular system
The senses responsible for monitoring the position and movement of the body, including proprioception and the vestibular system
Kinesthesis
The sense of smell
Olfaction
A mucous membrane in the nasal cavity that contains the olfactory receptor neurons
Epithelium
A structure just above the nasal cavity where information is communicated to the primary olfactory cortex via the olfactory tract
Olfactory bulb
Spherical clusters of neurons in the olfactory bulb
Glomeruli
The region of the brain, located in the anterior temporal lobe, where smell is processed
Primary olfactory cortex
The sense of taste
Gustation
