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| RECEPTORS FOR THE SENSE OF SMELL(1,000'S OCCUPY THE AREA OF ONE POSTAGE STAMP) IN THE ROOF OF EACH NASAL CAVITY. |
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| NEURONS EQUIPPED WITH OLFACTORY HAIRS. |
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| LONG CILIA THAT PROTRUDE FROM THE NASAL EPITHELIUM AND ARE CONTINUOUSLY BATHED BY A LAYER OF MUCOSA. |
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| BUNDLED AXONS OF OLFACTORY NEURONS THAT COLLECTIVELY MAKE UP THE OLFACTORY NERVE. |
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CRANIAL NERVE I;
A NERVE THAT REGISTERS SMELLS BY CARRYING THE IMPULSES FOR THE SENSE OF SMELL FROM THE NOSE TO THE BRAIN. OLFACTORY NERVES CONTINUOUSLY REGENERATE. THE OLFACTORY NERVES ARE THE ONLY NERVES IN THE HUMAN BODY KNOW TO POSSESS THIS REMARKABLE CAPACITY FOR
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| OLFACTORY DISORDERS; MOST RESULT FROM HEAD INJURY, NASAL CAVITY INFLAMATION, OR AGING. |
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| HALLUCINATIONS; EXPERIENCED BY SOME EPILEPTICS JUST BEFORE THEIR SEIZURES. |
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| SPECIFIC RECEPTORS FOR TASTE. 10,000 TASTEBUDS MOSTLY ON THE TOUNGE; SOME SCATTERED ON THE PALATE AND INNER CHEEKS. |
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| SPECIFIC CELLS THAT RESPOND TO THE CHEMICALS DISOLVED IN THE EPITHELIAL CELLS |
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| THE NERVE OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; SERVES THE ANTERIOR PART OF THE NERVE. |
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| STEM CELLS FOUND IN THE DEEP REGIONS OF THE TASTE BUDS. |
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| JAPANESE WORD FOR DELICIOUS. |
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| CROSSED EYES; RESULTS FROM THE UNEQUAL PULLS BY THE EXTERNAL EYE MUSCLES THAT PREVENT THE BODY FROM COORDINATING MOVEMENT OF THE 2 EYES. |
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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
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| A BABY'S EYES BECOME RED AND SWOLLEN DURING BIRTH; CAUSED BY THE MOTHER HAVING A SECUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE. |
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| OLD-VISION; RESULTS FROM DECREASING LENS ELASTICITY THAT ACCOMPANIES AGING; DIFFICULTY WITH CLOSE VISION (FARSIGHTEDNESS) |
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| A TYPE OF SENSORINEURAL DEAFNESS |
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| WHEN THE EAR OSSICLES FUSE; CAUSING A HEARING PROBLEM. |
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| MEASLES; OCCURS DURING EARLY PREGNANCY; MAY LEAD TO CONGENITAL BLINDNESS. |
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THE 10TH CRANIAL NERVE, OR THE WANDERING NERVE.
THE VAGUS NERVE HELPS TO REGULATE THE HEART BEAT, CONTROL MUSCLE MOVEMENT, KEEPS A PERSON BREATHING, AND TRANSMITS A VARIETY OF CHEMICALS THROUGH THE BODY. IT IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE DIGESTIVE TRACT IN WORKING ORDER, CONTRACTING THE MUSCLES OF THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES TO HELP PROCESS FOOD, AND SENDING BACK INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS BEING DIGESTED AND WHAT THE BODY IS GETTING OUT OF IT. |
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| THE NINTH CRANIAL NERVE; SUPPLIES THE TOUNGE, THROAT, AND ONE OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS; PROBLEMS WITH THIS NERVE RESULTS IN TROUBLE TASTING AND SWALLOWING. |
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| SMALL PEG-LIKE PROJECTIONS ON THE DORSAL TOUNGE. |
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| THE MINUTE OPENING OF A TASTE BUD ON THE SURFACE OF THE ORAL MUCOSA THROUGH WHICH THE GUSTATORY HAIRS OF THE SPECIALIZED NEUROEPITHELIAL GUSTATORY CELLS PROJECT. |
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GUSTATORY HAIRS
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| HAIRS THAT PROJECT OFF OF THE GUSTATORY RECEPTOR CELLS OF THE TOUNG SURFACE. THE MICROVILLE SWEEP THE PASSING SALIVA FOR DISSOLVED FOOD MOLECUES AND SEND NERVE IMPULSES TO THE BRAIN TO BE INTERPRETED AS TASTE. |
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CIRCUMVALLATE PAPILLAE
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ANY OF THE USUALLY 8-12 LARGE PAPILLAE NEAR THE BACK OF THE TOUNGE; EACH IS SURROUNDED WITH A MARGINAL SULCUS AND SUPPLIED WITH TASTE BUDS RESPONSIVE TO BITTER FLAVORS.
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| THE FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE ARE MUSHROOM SHAPED PAPILLAE (PROJECTIONS) ON THE TOUNGE. THEY ARE LOACTED ON THE TOP (DORSAL) SURFACE OF THE TOUNGE. THEY HAVE TASTE BUDS ON THEIR SUPERIOR (UPPER) SURFACE WHICH CAN DISTINGUISH 5 TASTES: SWEET, SOUR, BITTER, SALTY, AND UNAMI. |
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