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Olfactory
Chapter 17
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
05/14/2008

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Term
Olfactory Epithelium
Definition

Contains

 

Olfactory receptor cells

 

Regenerative Basal Cells

 

Covers the Cribiform plate, perpendicular plate, and the superior nasal concha. 

Term
 Lock and key association
Definition
Odor is what type of association
Term
What gives us odor?
Definition
Combinations of receptor and odorants
Term
Smell transduction
Definition
  1. Binding of Odorant
  2. Activation of a G protein
  3. Activation of a calcium to produce cAMP
  4. cAMP binds to ion channels
DEPOLARIZATION OCCURS
Term
Olfactory Stimulation
Definition
The only type that reaches cerebral cortex directly
Term
Olfactory Pathway
Definition
  1. Bipolar neurons sense
  2. Sent to Olfactory Bulb
  3. Mital cell axons along olfactory tract
  4. Goes to Olfactory Cortex
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