Olfactory and Gustatory System
This part of the brain processes smells, receiving signals from the olfactory receptors.
What is the olfactory bulb?
This part of the neuron is responsible for releasing neurotransmitters.
What is the axon terminal?
This is the gap between neurons where signals are transmitted via neurotransmitters.
What is the synapse?
This lobe is primarily involved in processing visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
This lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for processing visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
These specialized cells in the nose detect odor molecules and send signals to the brain.
What are olfactory receptors?
The part of a neuron that sends signals, while its counterpart receives them.
What is an axon?
The rapid electrical signal that travels down the axon is known as this.
What is an action potential?
This area of the brain is responsible for planning and decision-making, located in the frontal lobe.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This layered structure at the back of the eye contains photoreceptors and processes visual information before sending it to the brain via the optic nerve.
What is the retina?
This region of the brain is responsible for integrating smell with other sensory information, located deep within the brain.
What is the primary olfactory cortex?
This part of the neuron contains the nucleus and integrates incoming signals.
What is the soma?
These chemical messengers transmit signals across the synapse.
What are neurotransmitters?
This part of the parietal lobe processes touch and proprioceptive (body position) information.
What is the primary somatosensory cortex?
This structure in the eye detects light and converts it into neural signals for the brain to process.
What are the photoreceptors (rods and cones)?
These specialized cells in the taste buds detect chemicals in food and send signals to the brain to perceive taste.
What are gustatory receptors (or taste receptor cells)?
This structure, located near the cell body, initiates the action potential.
What is the axon hillock?
This part of the neuron releases neurotransmitters into the synapse.
What is the axon terminal?
This region of the brain processes auditory input, located in the temporal lobe.
What is the primary auditory cortex?
This nerve carries visual information from the retina to the brain.
What is the optic nerve?
This compound found in miracle berries binds to sweet receptors on the tongue, altering taste perception by making sour foods taste sweet.
What is miraculin?
These structures receive signals from other neurons and transmit them to the cell body.
What are dendrites?
When an action potential reaches the axon terminal, this happens.
What is the release of neurotransmitters?
This lobe of the brain processes sensory information such as touch and spatial awareness.
What is the parietal lobe?
These three types of photoreceptors in the retina are sensitive to different wavelengths of light, allowing us to perceive color.
What are the S-cones (blue), M-cones (green), and L-cones (red)?