As you help your neighbor put drops in her six-year-old daughter’s eyes, the daughter states, “That medicine tastes bad.” How do you explain to your neighbor how her daughter can “taste” the eyedrops?

Q: After handling a fish, what is the best way to get rid of the smell? Why does this work?

A: The fish are aquatic organisms that are enjoyed as a delicacy throughout the world. The handling of…

Q: Why can the retina pull away from the back of the eyeball?

A: Retina is the part of the eye where the image is formed. Retina is made up of photosensitive cells…

Q: People who are deaf due to cochlear damage may stillsuffer from motion sickness. Why?

A: Hearing loss or deafness can be divided into- conductive or sensorineural. The sound waves which…

Q: What’s special about the fovea centralis (central fovea)? explain why we move our eyes to see a…

A: The Fovea centralis is located in the center of the macula lutea of the retina. The macula lutea is…

Q: Taste receptors in the toungue are ipsilateral to the side of the gustatory cortex on which their…

A: Taste receptors in the toungue are ipsilateral to the side of the gustatory cortex on which their…

Q: Mrs. Flores is a 45-year-old female who suffered a fracture of the ethmoid bone as the result of a…

A: The patient is a 45-year old female who is suffering from a fracture in the ethmoid bone and loss of…

Q: A patient has had a stroke that damaged the trigeminal nerve but not the facial, glossopharyngeal,…

A: The vagus nerve, also known as the cranial nerve X, is a pair of long nerves which arises from the…

Q: If you can taste only five things (salt, bitter, sweet, sour, umami), why do the many foods you eat…

A: The tongue contains various taste papillae under its mucous membrane, which have several taste buds…

Q: Which are different chemicals that can generate the sensation of taste?

A: Tougue comprises several papillae that contain taste buds that help in determining the taste of…

Q: Taste receptors: a) extends through small openings called taste buds b) has axons that extend…

A: A cellular receptor that facilitates the perception of taste is known as a taste receptor. When food…

Q: Why do smell and taste diminish with age?

A: Aging can influences all the senses but hearing and vision are mostly affected. In general, such…

Q: How many taste buds do young people have?1) 10002) 100003) 1000004) 1000000

A: Tongue is a muscular organ which forms the floor of the oral cavity. The tongue is a freely movable…

Q: After getting her finger caught in a drawer, Ruth holds her finger tightly, and this seems to reduce…

A: We feel pain as a protective mechanism that alerts us to potential or actual tissue damage. When the…

Q: If you had been born without cone cells in your eyes, would you still be able to see? Explain.

A: The eyes are important sense organs that allow an individual to see and react via optic stimulus.…

Q: Researchers have studied the perception of taste. Which of the following is an accurate conclusion?…

A: We’ll answer the first question since the exact one wasn’t specified. Please submit a new question…

Q: Name two cranial nerves involved in the sense of tasteand describe where their sensory fibers…

A: Cranial nerves are 12 nerve pairs on the brain's ventral surface. Most of these nerves transmit…

Q: If I shine a light in only one of your eyes, making sure not to get any light in the other eye, both…

A: The 'swinging light test' is utilized to identify an overall afferent understudy imperfection: a…

Q: Which of the following statements about olfactory receptors is not true? A Stronger odours cause…

A: Olfactory receptors are responsible for the sense of smell or odour. • Statement 1 : Greater the…

Q: If you place a plain, dry cracker in your mouth, you will slowly notice a sweet taste.

A: Answer:Most people have an enzyme in their saliva, amylase, which breaks down carbohydrates.Amylase…

Q: Do gustatory taste cells have BOTH chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors? The chemoreceptors are…

A: Receptors are important for detecting different stimuli in our environment and relaying that…

Q: Which of the following statements concerning the inner ear is TRUE?   Question 3 options:   a)…

A: The human ear is an organ of balance and listening which analyses and senses sound via transducers…

Q: 69. A 33-year-old woman loses her sense of taste following a stapedectomy. Which of the following…

A: The gustatory system, sometimes known as the sense of taste, is a sensory system which is involved…

Q: What statements are true about taste buds? a. Taste buds consist of basilar, supporting, and…

A: Taste buds are groups of small structures located on the tongue and help in the perception of taste.…

Q: In the diagram above, identify the part of the brain that is suppressed during blinking and the part…

A: The brain is the most complex organ of any organism. It controls the different processes going on in…

Q: Otitis media is a very common ear infection that children tend to suffer from. How does this…

A: Hearing is of the special senses present in the human body, and ears are the organs concerned with…

Q: (Bonus) Deafness and hearing loss are a widespread issue. According to WHO, currently more than 1.5…

A: (a) Tectorial Membrane Displacement:Constant pressure on hair cells would over stimulate them,…

Q: What are the olfactory gland and Bowman's gland? and what are their functions ? Explain with…

A: Nose or nasal cavity is the major part of our body which is responsible for the sense of smell or…

Q: Research suggests that newborns are able to discriminate their own language from a foreign language,…

A: The unborn child that grows from an animals embryo is known as a fetus or foetus. The fetal stage of…

Q: A major function of the middle ear is to transmit sound vibrations from the external ear to the…

A: The eye and ear are sensory organs for light and sound respectively. Eye are photoreceptors whereas…

Q: 1. Which list includes 3 structures of the outer ear? A) A membrane that transmits sound waves B)…

A: The ear is a complex organ that is responsible for hearing and balance. It is divided into three…

Q: In what ways are our senses of taste and smell similar, and how do they differ?

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

Q: What brain regions serve the sense of smell and how dothey differ in their olfactory functions?

A: The brain has four main structures; the Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Limbic System, and Brain Stem. The…

Q: A patient has had a stroke that damaged the trigeminal nerve but not the facial, glossopharyngeal,…

A: The cranial nerves arise directly from the brain. They are twelve in number. The first two emerge…

Q: Here we see a cross-sectional view of the retina. On this image, use the annotate tools to a)…

A: Retina It refers to the layer of the eyeball that is third from the inside. It constitutes the rods…