TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 12. Disorders of Smell and Taste
A1  - Ropper, Allan H.
A1  - Samuels, Martin A.
A1  - Klein, Joshua P.
PY  - 2014
T2  - Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 10e
AB  - The  sensations  of  smell  (olfaction)  and  taste  (gustation)  are  suitably  considered  together.  Physiologically,  these  modalities  share  the  singular  attribute  of  responding  primarily  to  chemical  stimuli;  i.e.,  the  end  organs  that  mediate  olfaction  and  gustation  are  chemoreceptors.  Also,  taste  and  smell  are  interdependent  clinically,  as  the  appreciation  of  the  flavor  of  food  and  drink  depends  to  a  large  extent  on  their  aroma,  and  an  abnormality  of  one  of  these  senses  is  frequently  misinterpreted  as  an  abnormality  of  the  other.  In  comparison  to  sight  and  hearing,  taste  and  smell  play  a  less  critical  role  in  the  life  of  the  individual.  However,  chemical  stimuli  in  communication  between  humans  are  probably  very  important  for  some  functions  that  have  not  been  fully  explored.  Pheromones  (pherein,  "to  carry";  hormon,  "exciting"),  that  is,  odorants  exuded  from  the  body  as  well  as  perfumes,  play  a  part  in  sexual  attraction;  noxious  body  odors  repel.  In  certain  vertebrates  the  olfactory  system  is  remarkably  well  developed,  rivaling  the  sensitivity  of  the  visual  system,  but  even  humans,  in  whom  the  sense  of  smell  is  relatively  weak,  have  the  capacity  to  discriminate  between  as  many  as  10,000  different  odorants  (Reed).  
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Y2  - 2022/06/26
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