1.49. Taste and Smell http://www.ck12.org
- What covers the surface of the tongue?
- What four types of sensors can be found on the tongue? Are these distributed evenly over the tongue?
- How does stimulation of the taste buds stimulate the salivary glands?
- Sense of Taste and Smellat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N42c52lCQNc (2:14)
MEDIA
Click image to the left for more content.- What is a taste pore? What is its function?
- What is at the end of the receptor cells for taste?
- What do the olfactory receptors have that the taste receptors also have? Can you think of other areas of the
body that have similar structures?
Review
- What are the five tastes sensed by neurons on the tongue?
- Why is your sense of taste affected when you have a stuffy nose?