
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
- Date Added:
- 03/07/2018
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:
Explain in what way smell and taste stimuli differ from other sensory stimuli
Identify the five primary tastes that can be distinguished by humans
Explain in anatomical terms why a dog’s sense of smell is more acute than a human’s
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the basic functions of the chemical senses
Explain the basic functions of the somatosensory, nociceptive, and thermoceptive sensory systems
Describe the basic functions of the vestibular, proprioceptive, and kinesthetic sensory systems