Sense of Smell
In which part of your nose are your OLFACTORY cells?
Olfactory epithelium
What's found on the papillae of the tongue?
Tastebuds
What is the pinna?
The part of the ear you see from the outside.
What is the SCLERA?
A tough, thin bag that forms your eyeball.
Where is your sense of balance located?
In the inner ear.
What are CILIA?
Tiny hairs on the surface of each olfactory cell.
What are the 5 taste sensations?
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami
Why do ears make wax?
To trap foreign particles to keep them from getting into the middle and inner ear.
"To keep the yucky stuff out"
What is the PUPIL?
The part of your eye through which light enters.
Which balance sense tells your brain the position of your head, wether it is tilted up, down, or sideways, or looking straight ahead?
STATIC sense
What is the purpose of CILIA?
Detecting faint odors.
Food tastes more intense when the food is _____
Warm (Heat causes molecules to move faster)
What is a healthy middle ear filled with?
Air
What is the IRIS of an eye?
The part of an eye that adjusts how much light gets in.
Which balance sense tells your brain about active movements of your head, like going around a corner on a bike?
DYNAMIC sense
How many smell cells do humans and dogs have?
Humans about 20 million
Dogs about 100 million
Why does food taste bland when you have a bad cold?
Because your stuffy nose will prevent your sense of taste and your sense of smell to work together.
Why does your recorded voice sound different from your "natural" voice - to you anyway?
You hear your "natural" voice from inside of you. The sound has traveled through your body, getting distorted.
Your recorded voice only has to travel through air, and you hear it from outside of your body.
What is the function of cones?
To allow you to see in color.
What are OTOLITHS?
Tiny stones in your ear, being pulled on by gravity and helping you balance.
How many different smells can the average human identify?
About 4,000
(Gifted noses can identify up to 10,000)
Why do some older people sometimes use more salt in their food?
A degenerating sense of smell affects leads to loss of taste :(
Name the 3 tiny bones inside the inner ear.
Malleus - looks like a hammer
Incus - looks like an anvil
Stapes - looks like a stirrup
Name the spot on the retina where the cones are concentrated, where the center of vision is focused.
FOVEA
What causes dizziness after you stop spinning?
The guild in your semicircular canals keep flowing, causing your cupolas to move, stimulating your hair cells.