Question 1

What structure is made of olfactory receptor cells?

Accepted Answer

olfactory epithelium

Answer

mucus

Answer

nasal papillae

Answer

nose hairs

Question 2

Once an odor molecule has entered the nose, it must ________________.

Accepted Answer

attach to, and dissolve in the mucus

Answer

get inhaled into the sinuses

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travel to the temporal lobe

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vibrate the nasal cartilage

Question 3

Signals from the olfactory receptors cells will travel through the ______________.

Accepted Answer

olfactory tract

Answer

brain stem

Answer

ventricles

Answer

optic nerve

Question 4

What lobe of the brain interprets input from the olfactory nerve?

Accepted Answer

temporal lobe

Answer

cerebellum

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frontal lobe

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occipital lobe

Question 5

Who has bigger olfactory bulbs?

Accepted Answer

sheep

Answer

humans

Question 6

What is special about your olfactory neurons?

Accepted Answer

they are regularly replaced

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they are the only light-sensitive neuron

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they are the only visible neuron

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they are the only specialized neuron

Question 7

Smell is different from sight or hearing because ___________.

Accepted Answer

it has a direction connection to your emotions & memories

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it becomes stronger while you are asleep

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it does not have a specialized integration center in the brain

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it develops progressively after you are born

Question 8

What other sense can be affected by your sense of smell?

Accepted Answer

taste

Answer

hearing

Answer

vision

Answer

equilibrium

Question 9

Your sense of smell receives input through ______________.

Accepted Answer

chemoreceptors

Answer

nociceptors

Answer

mechanorecpetors

Answer

photoreceptors

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