Taste, Touch, and SmellA discussion of how touch, taste, and smell work through the electrical network of the nervous system. |
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Natural Teaching Machines 46 | 4 |
The Skin Senses | 10 |
Pressure | 17 |
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30-ounce weight 4-ounce air you breathe anesthetic animals axons began to flow bitter called cocaine cold and touch cold receptors compass points corpuscle cules dentist detect the smell duce ears ether feel two different fingers fingertips hair hand became hand began hand felt heat began heat receptors hot and cold hot water important senses injected local anesthetic Meissner's corpuscle molecules of air Myelin covering nerve endings neuron nitrous oxide nose notice novocaine odor olfactory area olfactory bulb Olfactory receptor pain receptors pain threshold phantom limb picture pressure and touch pressure receptors produce electrical impulses rid of pain Ruth Adler scientists sensation of heat sense of smell sense of touch sensory nerve cells skin sense receptors smallest difference stimulated surface surgeon sweet taste and smell taste buds taste receptors tell easily theory of smell tongue touch receptors usually vibrate warm water weight is heavier William T. G. Morton