Chapter 16.3, Problem 1WDT

Summary Introduction

To explain: The reason why a person cannot detect tastes when that person has a stuffy nose from a cold or hay fever.

Concept introduction: The olfactory receptors are bipolar neurons present in the nasal cavity. These receptors serve as the primary neuron in the sensory pathway for smell. They detect the sense of smell and then transmit the signal to the olfactory area present in the temporal lobe of the brain. Then, the brain starts perception of the signal.