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Q: What cortex is involved in smell and memory?

A: Olfactory Cortex is involved in smell.

Q: How do your senses help you respond to different stimuli you encounter in your environment?

A: A sensory receptor, also known as a sense organ, is an organ that responds to stimuli in an…

Q: Identify the parts of the cortex that process the different senses and those that control movement…

A: The nervous framework is the major controlling, administrative, and conveying framework in the body.…

Q: What are the chemical senses? Explain in steps the process of tasting  and the process of smelling

A: The chemical sensory systems are mostly associated with the nose and mouth. The senses work…

Q: Contrast the general senses with the special senses?

A: In this type of Voluntary action (Sitting and running), the stimulus is carried out directly to the…

Q: How is the sensory mechanism of the semicircular ducts similar to that of the saccule and utricle?

A: Introduction: The ears are organs that give two principle functions that are hearing and equilibrium…

Q: What is the role of Specific Sensory Systems?

A: In this type of Voluntary action (Sitting and running), the stimulus is carried out directly to the…

Q: Describe the Specific Sensory Systems?

A: Senses are of two types. The general senses include somatic and visceral sensations.

Q: What is sensory adaptation?

A: Adaptation is defined as the physical or behavioural feature of an organism that will help them to…

Q: Explain the relationship between the chemical senses

A: Senses can be of two types - chemical and non-chemical. Chemical senses account for the taste and…

Q: Do phantom perceptions arise from erroneous neural signals from an amputated stump, or from residual…

A: This phenomenon is related to the conscious feeling of the presence of a missing body part like a…

Q: Define general senses, list several types, and describe their receptors?

A: Sense is the ability to interpret stimuli that means by which brain receives information about the…

Q: What roles do the midbrain, cerebellum, thalamus, and cerebrum playin vision and responses to visual…

A: The human brain is a complex structure surrounded by the skull. The main regions of the brain…

Q: How should I describe the systems responsible for the senses

A: The sensory system, which is a part of the nervous system, helps animals to interact with their…

Q: Where does auditory information cross to the contralateral side of the body? What mechanism does the…

A: The auditory system interprets how humans hear and comprehend environmental noises. It consists of…

Q: Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for auditory perception, speech, and complex visual…

A: There are mainly four lobes in the cerebral cortex that are the frontal lobe, parietal lobe,…

Q: Which of the following is clearly visible when viewing the ventral aspect of the brain Transerve…

A: Answer :  Olfactory bulbs or corpus callosum is clearly visible when we viewing the ventral aspect…

Q: Describe the basic pathways taken by auditory and equilibrium information through the brain.

A: Pathway taken by auditory information through brain Auditory messages are conveyed to the brain via…

Q: Explain the role of vision in the maintenance of equilibrium.

A: The active maintenance of equilibrium requires appropriate sensory functions. Balance is achieved…

Q: Which lobe of human brain is associated with hearing?

A: The human brain is the central organ of the nervous system. Along with the spinal cord it makes up…

Q: How do the sensory systems help to maintain homeostasis by providing the CNS with information about…

A: The nervous system of the body is responsible for the control and coordination in the body. The…

Q: Describe How do your senses help you respond to different stimuli you encounter in your environment?

A: Sensory receptors are special cells in each sense organ that respond to a certain form of stimulus.…

Q: Trace the pathway of nerve impulses from the retina to the cerebral cortex?

A: The nerve fibers of the retina contain the axons of the ganglion cells to move to the optic nerve.

Q: how are taste and smell functions similar and different?

A: Senses of taste and smell are similar as they both combine at the back of the throat and when…

Q: What is the influence of sensory unit size and density on acuity?

A: Two-point discrimination is the ability to distinguish between two points touching the skin. Hence,…

Q: Why is the sense of gravity considered a sense of equilibrium?

A: In the human ear, sound enters the outer ear and vibrates the three bones of the middle ear (hammer,…

Q: How is our sense of smell linked with the sense of taste?

A: The sense of smell and taste are very important as they elicit the response for food odor and deadly…

Q: What is meant by Auditory Communication ?

A: Communication is one of the important aspects of the life of organisms. It can be of different types…

Q: how is taste and smell senses linked together

A: The senses of smell and taste combine at the back of the throat. When something is tasted before…

Q: Bryan has normal vision and is wearing a special headset that shows a picture of a sailboat to his…

A: Your vision is what allows you to see the world around you. For a proper vision the eye and brain…

Q: What is gustatory cortex?

A: The gustatory cortex is also known as the primary gustatory cortex. It is the structure of the brain…

Q: What is the difference in the brains between people without synesthesia and grapheme-color…

A: A neurological health condition in which a single that is particular for activation of one sense…

Q: What connects ear to the brain?

A: BASIC INFORMATION EAR  It is the sensory organ which is used in hearing. This organ also helps in…

Q: What are the five senses of the human body? Why are human brains the biggest?

A: In order to react, communicate, and stay healthy and safe, the nervous system needs to receive and…

Q: How is central vision different from peripheral vision?

A: The human eye is a specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then…

Q: Explain the work of the Vestibular System?

A: The vestibular system is made up of varied forms and pathways, but the primary components are…

Q: When the eyes are closed, are brain waves synchronized? Why or why not?

A: Anatomical terminologies

Q: How do the rods and cones process information, and what is the pathinformation travels from the eye…

A: The eye receives light reflected from objects (visual field) and converts it into electrical signals…

Q: Define sensation and perception. Do we have direct contact with our world, or is the world as we…

A: We presume the world through our sense of touch, smell, taste, ability to hear and visualize.…

Q: What role does input from the vestibular nerve play in regulating posture (lying down, sitting up,…

A: The vestibular nerve is one of the two branches of the vestibulocochlear nerve, the other being the…

Q: Where are the general senses located? nose skin tongue eyes

A: There are generally two types of sense organs found in human beings and they are the General sense…

Q: Why does the near point of accommodation often increase with age?

A: Near point of accommodation basically refers to the closest point for the placement of an object so…

Q: What happens to the sensory abilities during late adulthood?

A: Different kind of sensory organs are present in human and each sensory organs have a specific…

Q: What initates the reflex movement of the head toward an auditory stimulus (such as a loud noise)?

A: The brainstem (posterior part of the brain) links the prosencephalon and cerebellum to the spinal…