Across
- 2. the scientific term for smell
- 3. the chemical released by sour and salty tastes
- 4. type of sensory receptors activated when eating spicy foods
- 7. airborne chemical odor molecule
- 10. thousand, the number of different smell receptors we have
- 11. the 3 or 4 intervening neurons that connect the sensory receptors to the cortex
- 12. bulb, the area above the nasal bone that collects all the sensory information from the cilia, and sends it to the pyriform cortex
- 13. taste provoking chemical molecule
- 15. the energy released by sweet, bitter, and umami tastes
Down
- 1. of sensation by the brain
- 5. partial or complete loss of smell, taste, or both
- 6. 5 basic tastes; sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and ________
- 8. registration of stimuli by the sensory organ
- 9. the scientific term for taste
- 14. the cells in the nasal cavity infected by COVID-19 virus
