Learning Objectives

7.1.1 Explain what makes up the experience of taste.
7.1.2 Describe the structure and functioning of taste receptors.
7.1.3 Describe each of the taste receptor cells and explain how they convey the basic tastes.
7.1.4 Explain how and where in the brain the experience of taste arises.
7.2.1 Explain what makes up the experience of smell.
7.2.2 Describe the structure and functioning of olfactory receptor neurons.
7.2.3 Explain how and where in the brain the experience of smell arises.
7.2.4 Explain what pheromones are as well as their functions and the mechanisms by which they affect behavior.
7.3.1 Explain what makes up the sense of touch.
7.3.2 Describe and differentiate between the various types of mechanoreceptors and their functions.
7.3.3 Explain how nerve impulses are triggered by mechanoreceptors.
7.3.4 Explain how touch information is conveyed from mechanoreceptors to the brain.
7.3.5 Describe the mechanism by which pain is perceived as well as how pain can be controlled.