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Boundless Anatomy and Physiology
Special Senses
Physiology Textbooks Boundless Anatomy and Physiology Special Senses
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Section 2

Taste and Olfaction

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Boundless Anatomy and Physiology
Physiology
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Tastes and Odors

The senses of taste and smell are related because they use the same types of receptors and are stimulated by molecules in solutions or air.

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Reception and Transduction

Odorants and tastants produce signal molecules received by receptors, which are then processed by the brain to identify smells and tastes.

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