Smell WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Smell
Olfaction (also known as olfactics or smell) refers to the sense of smell. This sense is mediated by specialized sensory cells of the nasal cavity of vertebrates, and, by analogy, sensory cells of the antennae of invertebrates. For air-breathing animals, the olfactory system detects volatile or, in the case of the accessory olfactory system, fluid-phase chemicals. For water-dwelling organisms, e.g., fish or crustaceans, the chemicals are present in the surrounding aqueous medium. Olfaction, along with taste, is a form of chemoreception. The chemicals themselves which activate the olfactory system, generally at very low concentrations, are called odors. ...more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- As you breathe in, the air enters through your nostrils which contain tiny little hairs that filter anything that tries to enter your nose.1
- The olfactory epithelium (provides you with the sense of smell) is located on the roof of the nasal cavity.2
- A lot of the reason that we like certain foods, is because we like their smell.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ ThinkQuest: Your Sense of Smell
- ↑ Nemours Foundation: What's that Smell? The Nose Knows
- ↑ Discovery Kids: Your Sense of Smell
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Olfaction, Sense of Smell
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
