Seeley's Anatomy and Physiology II
Chapter 15 1-40
What are odorants and what do they bind to? - ✔️✔️Molecules that connect to chemo-
receports
What is the relationship of mucus surrounding the olfactory hairs? - ✔️✔️Must dissolve
in order to have a response
What does olfactory neurons having a low threshold mean? - ✔️✔️Having an excellent
sense of smell
What does olfaction mean? - ✔️✔️Sense of smell
Olfactory neurons are what kind of neurons? - ✔️✔️Bipolar
Where are the fibers of the olfactory nerve located? - ✔️✔️Olfactory recess
Why is sniffing required in order to detect acute smells? - ✔️✔️Draws air and odorants
up the olfactory area
What body process is the nasal cavity designed for? - ✔️✔️Intake of air
What structures are involved in the olfaction pathway? - ✔️✔️Cilia on the olfactory
epithelium, tufted and mitral cells in olfactory bulb, the olfactory nerve, and the cerebral
olfactory cortex
What do association neurons do? - ✔️✔️Modulate output to the olfactory tracts
Where are association neurons located? - ✔️✔️Olfactory bulb
What is olfactory adaptation? - ✔️✔️A person loses sensitivity to smell over time
Where do olfactory tracts terminate in the cerebrum? - ✔️✔️Temporal lobe
What is unique about the olfactory tract and the thalamus? - ✔️✔️Olfactory tract moves
around the thalamus and goes directly into the cerebral cortex
What is modulation? - ✔️✔️Change the degree of response
What is the relationship of saliva and the ability to taste? - ✔️✔️Must be dissolved in
order to taste
Chapter 15 1-40
What are odorants and what do they bind to? - ✔️✔️Molecules that connect to chemo-
receports
What is the relationship of mucus surrounding the olfactory hairs? - ✔️✔️Must dissolve
in order to have a response
What does olfactory neurons having a low threshold mean? - ✔️✔️Having an excellent
sense of smell
What does olfaction mean? - ✔️✔️Sense of smell
Olfactory neurons are what kind of neurons? - ✔️✔️Bipolar
Where are the fibers of the olfactory nerve located? - ✔️✔️Olfactory recess
Why is sniffing required in order to detect acute smells? - ✔️✔️Draws air and odorants
up the olfactory area
What body process is the nasal cavity designed for? - ✔️✔️Intake of air
What structures are involved in the olfaction pathway? - ✔️✔️Cilia on the olfactory
epithelium, tufted and mitral cells in olfactory bulb, the olfactory nerve, and the cerebral
olfactory cortex
What do association neurons do? - ✔️✔️Modulate output to the olfactory tracts
Where are association neurons located? - ✔️✔️Olfactory bulb
What is olfactory adaptation? - ✔️✔️A person loses sensitivity to smell over time
Where do olfactory tracts terminate in the cerebrum? - ✔️✔️Temporal lobe
What is unique about the olfactory tract and the thalamus? - ✔️✔️Olfactory tract moves
around the thalamus and goes directly into the cerebral cortex
What is modulation? - ✔️✔️Change the degree of response
What is the relationship of saliva and the ability to taste? - ✔️✔️Must be dissolved in
order to taste
