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1
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how do we smell things ? general pathway !

A

particles enter the Nose –>

2) olfactory epithelium
3) through the ethmoid bone
4) Olfactory bulb and synapse with Mitral cells
5) Olfactory cortex in the limbic system , amygdala associated with emotional response

2
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How do we taste thing ?

A

5 different tastes and 5 different regions which vaguely comply to them .

  • Fungiform Papillae
  • Taste receptors =chemoreceptors with microvilli (gustatory hairs)
  • Project to ipsilateral Post central gyrus