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| fishes have acute sense of taste and smell; anguillidae can respond to one molecule of beta-phenylethyl alcohol (10^-20M); aquatic habitat enables chemosensory receptors to be distributed over body |
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| olfactory receptor location |
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Definition
| in olfactory pits w/ incurrent (in) and excurrent (out) channels called Nares |
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| olfactory receptor function |
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| odors percieved when chemicals come into contact with olfactory rosette |
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| vary in size and surface area; variations coincide with use of olfaction |
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