The Other Senses

Question 1

What is Taste (Gustation)

Answer 1

This is a two phase chemical reaction that involves our mouth and throat even smell. The saliva plays a role in transferring taste to our taste buds

Question 2

What is Umami

Answer 2

This is a type of taste similar to savory or delicious

Question 3

Who are Supertasters

Answer 3

These are people with a heightened sensitive taste buds

Question 4

What is Smell (Olfaction)

Answer 4

This is when we breath chemical molecules through the nose. Smell is 80% responsible for what we taste

Question 5

What are the Somethetic Senses

Answer 5

This is the sense of skin, with this sense we feel pain, pressure, cold, warmth, and touch

Question 6

What is Pain

Answer 6

This is the body’s sign that something isn’t right, it combines bottom up and top down processing, pain is necessary for survival

Question 7

What is the Gate Control of Theory

Answer 7

This theory says that there is a gate in the spinal cord that switches pain on and off. The more neurons fire the more pain we feel

Question 8

What are Endorphins

Answer 8

These are the body’s natural pain killers

Question 9

What is a phantom limb

Answer 9

This is when you lose a limb but can still feel that it is there, you can even feel its pain

Question 10

What is Kinesthesis

Answer 10

This is the system for sensing the position and movement of the individual body part. Being able to stroke your hair without slapping your face

Question 11

What is the Vestibular Sense

Answer 11

This deals with your heads position and movement