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Chemical Senses Gustation (taste) + Olfaction (smell) = Flavor Taste Primary Tastes Salt Na+ cation, small anion Sour Low pH Sweet Large, non-dissociating organic molecules Bitter Alkaloids Umami Amino acids, esp. glutamate Smell turbinates Amoore’s Stereospecific Theory of Smell Camphoraceous Musky Floral Minty Ethereal Pungent Putrid turbinates Each glomerulus receives input from a single receptor type There is lateral inhibition between glomeruli.
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