Smell

Of, for, or relating to the nose.

• nostril

• olfaction

• noseblind

• nasal

• Proust effect

The loss of the sense of smell, either total or partial.  It may be caused by head injury, infection, or blockage of the nose.

• anosmia

• olfactory receptor

• Proust effect

• shape-pattern theory

• olfaction

A sudden and vivid memory triggered by scent.

• anosmia

• olfactory receptor

• Proust effect

• shape-pattern theory

• olfaction

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Within the nose they are certain things that odor molecules bind to and then send impulses to the brain to identify and store that smell. “Like a semi-truck that ships things to a store.”

• nasal

• olfactory receptor

• Proust effect

• shape-pattern theory

• olfaction

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Either of two external openings of the nose in vertebrates that admit air to the lungs and smells to the olfactory nerves.

• nostril

• olfaction

• noseblind

• nasal

• Proust effect

The body’s natural desensitization to the same smells over time to prevent overloading of the nervous system.

• nostril

• olfaction

• noseblind

• nasal

• Proust effect

This is the idea that odor molecules and olfactory receptors have specific look to them.  It is like a “lock and key”.  The odor molecule is the “key” that fits into a specific olfactory receptor “lock” and activates a sensation of a certain smell by the brain.

• nasal

• olfactory receptor

• Proust effect

• shape-pattern theory

• olfaction

A key brain area involved in both processing and coding of olfactory information. “The store that information is sent to.”

• nostril

• olfaction

• noseblind

• nasal

• piriform cortex

Another name for the sense of smell.  The sensation of smell that results from the detection of substances that have odors floating through the air in the environment, this happens in the brain. 

• nasal

• olfactory receptor

• Proust effect

• shape-pattern theory

• olfaction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8