Question

While strolling through the garden, Jamal suddenly notices the beautiful odor of roses. He is using his _____ sense, and the process by which the odor is converted into neural signals that his brain can understand is called _____.
A. gustatory; adaptation
B. olfactory; transduction
C. olfactory; accommodation
D. gustatory; saturation

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter B

Olfactory sense is one of the five senses through which odors are perceived. The nose, equipped with olfactory nerves, is the main organ of smell. The olfactory nerves are also important to distinguish the taste of substances that are inside the mouth.

• In the nasal cavities, the particles dissolve in the mucus, reaching the olfactory hairs of the olfactory cells. In these, the odor is transformed into nerve impulses, which are transmitted by their axons to the olfactory bulb, followed from this to the brain by the olfactory nerve.

Transduction is a transformation of physical or chemical stimuli into electrical potential by sensory receptors. Whether neuronal or secondary sensory cells, all highly specific.