NROC64H3 Chapter : TASTE.docx
Document Summary
Nature has equipped us to be passionate about food because that passion holds the ley to our survival! Food molecules are almost always perceived by both the olf system and teh gustatory system. When we chew and swallow food, other molecules are released into the air inside our mouths and forced yp behind the palate into the nasal cavity, where they contact the olf epithelium and stimulate our olf receptors. The sensation of odor that is perceived when chewing and swallowing forces an odorant up in the mouth behind the palate in to the nasal cavity. such odor sensations are percievd to be coming from the mouth. Flavour: the combo fo true taste and ros. Our sense of spatial orientation is based on three diff modalities: angular motion, linear motion and tilt. They are called diff modalities b/c they rely on diff receptors and dif stimulation energies. The 3 diff stimulation energies are; gravity, linear acc and angular acc.
