Special Sense of Taste (Gustation)
How many tastebuds are located within the tongue?
What is 5,000-10,000
Sweet foods are high in ____
What are carbs
The receptors for hearing are found in the _____
What is the Cochlea
The height of the waves in the cochlea determine the ____
What is amplitude
The vestibule contains receptors to detect _______
What is static equilibrium
Taste buds contain what kind of cells?
What are Gustatory cells
Salty foods are high in what elements?
What are sodium, chloride, and or potassium
Which nerve do impulses travel along to brain stem, thalamus
What is the vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)
True or False, static equilibrium takes place when the body is in motion
What is false
Taste hairs are free nerve endings of ____
What are microvilli
How many different proteins do savory foods contain?
What is 35
The Organ of Corti's receptor hair cells sit on tip of what membrane?
What is the basilar membrane
Impulses processed by which lobes of cerebral cortex
What are the temporal lobes
3 semi-circular canals contain receptors to detect ______
What is dynamic equilibrium
Taste buds are located in ____
What are papillae
Impulse travels from cranial nerves: __, __, and __ to which lobe?
What are the facial (VII), glossopharyngeal (IX), and the vagus (X) nerve, along with the parietal lobe.
The Organ of Corti consists of receptor hair cells with ____
What are stereocilia
Hearing loss can either be ______ or ______
What are conductive and sensorineural
Receptors in the 3 semicircular canals detect _____ and ____ while body is in motion
What are balance and position
Taste hairs project through an opening in the tongue called a ____
What is a taste pore
Pain response if often to the chemical ____, which is found in spicy foods
What is capsaicin
The location of waves in the cochlea determine the _____
What is frequency
This kind of hearing loss entails a problem getting sound waves to the cochlea
What is conductive
What structures are important in providing info used to control balance/equilibrium
What are proprioceptors, vision, and structures in vestibule and semicircular canals