TASTE
What part of the body do we taste with?
Tongue
Putrid, pungent, floral and ethereal are the four basic ________________.
Smells
The nerves for touch are mostly in this, it is the largest organ of the body.
Skin
Blinking
The part of the ear that you see on the outside of the body.
Auricle
What do we call the bumps on the tongue that taste things.
Taste buds
Olfactory cells are a type of what kind of receptor?
Chemoreceptor (chemical)
Mechanoreceptors detect what?
Movement, and/or temperature.
The part of the eye that gives it shape, it is the white part.
Sclera
The ear senses the movement of these.
Sound vibrations, I will accept vibrations or sound waves.
The five basic tastes are sweet, sour, umami, bitter ,and __________________.
Salt
Nerve impulses are sent to the olfactory __________, and then on to the brain.
Bulb
True or false, Nerves that sense touch and temperature are not located in all regions of the skin.
False, they are in all regions of the skin.
Controls the amount of light entering the eye.
Iris
The proper name of the ear drum.
Tympanic membrane.
The type of receptors in taste buds.
Chemoreceptors
Cilia are tiny hairs that dissolved ______________ attach to.
Hairs
The greatest number of receptors are in the fingers, toes and ______________-.
Face
Retina
A fluid filled, snail shaped structure in the inner ear.
Cochlea
About how many taste buds does the average person have?
10,000
The rotting meat smell is called what ?
Putrid
The five types of touch are light touch, deep pressure, vibration, pain and ___________________.
Temperature.
Near sightedness.
Otitis media is better known as this.
Ear infection, inner ear infection.