Taste Neurons and Receptors | Miracle Fruit and Super-taster | Flavor and Appetite | Anosmia | Taste Projection and Pathways |
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No
Do taste cells have axons?
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Sweet receptors
What receptor is miracle fruit bind to?
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taste and smell
What two senses are involved in flavor?
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Loss of sense of smell
What is anosmia?
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Yes
Is taste intensity a compressive function?
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Sweet, bitter, sour, salt, unami, fat
What are the six tastes?
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Bitter
What taste are super-tasters more sensitive to?
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Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)
What cortex integrates all senses?
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decreased ability to sense danger (smoke, mercaptan in natural gas); decreased appetite (no flavor).
List at least one affect of anosmia.
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4
How many cranial nerves are used for taste?
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On cilia
Where are the taste receptors?
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Fungiform papillae
What papillae do super-tasters have a higher density of?
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Blood glucose
What inhibits NST?
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Damage to sensory neurons, olfactory nerve or olfactory cortex: infection; tumors of the frontal lobe; intranasal drug use; codmium poisoning; zinc deficiency; Schizophrenia; Alzheimer's; Parkinson's
List at least two causes of anosmia.
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In the insula and frontal operculum.
Where are primary cortical representation of taste information located?
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