Taste Neurons and Receptors Miracle Fruit and Super-taster Flavor and Appetite Anosmia Taste Projection and Pathways
100
No
Do taste cells have axons?
100
Sweet receptors
What receptor is miracle fruit bind to?
100
taste and smell
What two senses are involved in flavor?
100
Loss of sense of smell
What is anosmia?
100
Yes
Is taste intensity a compressive function?
200
Sweet, bitter, sour, salt, unami, fat
What are the six tastes?
200
Bitter
What taste are super-tasters more sensitive to?
200
Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC)
What cortex integrates all senses?
200
decreased ability to sense danger (smoke, mercaptan in natural gas); decreased appetite (no flavor).
List at least one affect of anosmia.
200
4
How many cranial nerves are used for taste?
500
On cilia
Where are the taste receptors?
500
Fungiform papillae
What papillae do super-tasters have a higher density of?
500
Blood glucose
What inhibits NST?
500
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.
500
In the insula and frontal operculum.
Where are primary cortical representation of taste information located?






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