Sense of Smell

Olfactory Receptors
Smell (olfactory) receptors and taste receptors are chemoreceptors, which means that chemicals dissolved in liquids stimulate them. Smell and taste function closely together and aid in food selection because we usually smell food at the same time we taste it. This figure shows the lateral wall of the nasal cavity (cut in sagittal section) showing the olfactory recess and olfactory bulb.


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