Special Senses: Taste and Smell

The term "olfaction" explicitly refers to which sense?

• Hearing

• Taste

• Touch

• Smell

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The five taste sensations are

• sweet, sour, bitter, pasty, gritty

• sweet, sour, chewy, gritty, greasy

• sweet, salty, spicy, bitter, gritty

• sweet, sour, bitter, salty, umami

Gustatory hairs are to taste as olfactory hairs are to

• sight

• hearing

• smell

• equilibrium

Stimulation of sour receptors occurs in response to

• mushrooms

• lemons

• sugar

• steak

The small, peglike projections of the tongue's surface are called

• maculae

• otoliths

• papillae

• basal cells

What specific receptor cells respond to chemicals dissolved in saliva?

• taste bud cells

• olfactory receptors

• hair cells

• gustatory cells

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What system does your taste sensation interact with??

• Olfactory

• Touch

• Auditory

• Visual

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The receptors for taste and olfaction are classified as

• chemoreceptors

• optic receptors

• acoustic receptors

• thermoreceptors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Where would we find olfactory receptors?

• soft palate

• in the organ of Corti

• roof of our nasal cavity

• on our retina

Which of the following would modify the sense of taste?

• temperature of food

• texture of food

• nasal passage being congested by a cold

• all of the above