olfactory system Flashcards
What are the two types of senses
Special and general
Why are special senses special
They have specialised organs that gather sensory information and change it into nerve impulses
What are the special senses
Vision, hearing, balance, taste, smell
What does general senses mean
The sense of touch - sensory information about touch us gathered by the skin and other body tissues
what do the first order neurons do
detect a stimulus and transmits to spinal cord
what do the second order neurons do
connects to the thalamus
what do the third order neurons do
transfers signal to cerebral cortex
how many primary senses are there
7
what are the 7 primary senses
fishy
malty
minty
musky
spermatic
sweaty
urinous
where does the olfactory system transmit signals from and to
olfactory epithelium and nerves ->
Olfactory bulb ->
olfactory tract and striae ->
olfactory cortical areas.
what is the first point of contact in the olfactory system
olfactory epithelium of the nasal mucosa
where are the chemoreceptors found in the olfactory system
the olfactory bulb
what structures follows the olfactory bulb
the tract and nerve
what type of mass is found in the olfactory bulb
grey matter
what is present in the olfactory bulb
olfactory glomeruli
