11.3 Olfactory Functions and Kinesthesia

Question 1

receptor cells in olfactory membrane @ the top of the nasal cavity as chemicals odorants are caught by ordinary receptors

Answer 1

smell

Question 2

how are receptor cells activated?

Answer 2

activated by fitting odor molecules

Question 3

what do receptor cells send and where do they send that to?

Answer 3

1. they send electrical impulses.

2. it goes to the olfactory bulb via axon fibers

Question 4

the electrical signals triggers what?

Answer 4

triggers a combination of receptors in patterns that are interpreted by the olfactory cortex

Question 5

how many odor receptors do we have?

Answer 5

10K

Question 6

attractiveness of smell is linked to?

Answer 6

linked to learned associations

Question 7

sense of body position and body parts

Answer 7

kinethesia

Question 8

part of kinesthesia; motion and balance, sense monitors head position and movement

Answer 8

vestibular

Question 9

contains fluid that moves when your head rotates or tilts

Answer 9

semicircular canals
and
vestibular sacs

Question 10

1. ________ stimulates hair-like receptors which send messages to the 2. _______

Answer 10

1. movement

2. cerebellum