Lesson 7.3 Crossword
Across
1. | a dime-sized area at the top of each nasal cavity that houses sensors responsible for smell |
6. | tiny bumps on the tongue that house taste buds |
7. | sensory receptors within a taste bud |
9. | threads that emerge from the gustatory cells |
10. | the sensors responsible for smell |
11. | fibers in the olfactory nerve that receive impulses from olfactory receptor cells |
12. | threads that extend from the olfactory receptor cells into the nasal cavity |
13. | sensory receptors for taste |
Down
2. | tiny airborne particles from food that trigger the sense of smell |
3. | the structure made of cartilage that divides the left and right air passages in the nose |
4. | molecules that trigger a reaction to irritation of the nasal membranes, which produces nasal congestion and drainage |
5. | compounds that stimulate the gustatory hairs to send nerve impulses to the brain |
8. | very small openings in the top of the taste buds through which gustatory hairs project |