1. Chapter 5
The Other Senses

2. Touch Skin Sensations pressure warmth cold pain
only skin sensation with identifiable receptors
warmth
cold
pain

3. Pain Gate-Control Theory
theory that the spinal cord contains a neurological “gate” that blocks pain signals or allows them to pass on to the brain
“gate” opened by the activity of pain signals traveling up small nerve fibers
“gate” closed by activity in larger fibers or by information coming from the brain

4. Taste Taste Sensations Sensory Interaction sweet sour salty bitter
the principle that one sense may influence another
as when the smell of food influences its taste

5. Smell nerve Olfactory bulb Receptor cells in Nasal olfactory membrane
passage
Olfactory
bulb
nerve

6. The Olfactory Brain

7. Age, Sex and Sense of Smell
Women
Men
Age Group 4 3 2
Number
of correct
answers
Women and young adults
have best sense of smell

8. Body Position and Movement
Kinesthesis
the system for sensing the position and movement of individual body parts
Vestibular Sense
the sense of body movement and position
including the sense of balance