Smell & taste

SMELL & TASTE

SMELL 

SEPTUM

THE SEPTUM IS MADE OF CARTILAGE.

TRIVIA

ANOSMIA IS THE INABILITY TO PERCEIVE ODOR, THE LOSS OF THE SENSE OF SMELL.

IT CAN BE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT.

 

 

 

TASTE

 

THE TONGUE IS A MUSCULAR ORGAN.

TRIVIA

• THERE ARE BETWEEN 3.000 AND 10.000 TASTE BUDS ON THE HUMAN TONGUE.
• YOU NEED SALIVA TO MOISTEN THE TONGUE FOR THE TASTE RECEPTORS TO WORK.
• SOME ANIMALS, LIKE FROGS, CHAMELEONS AND ANTEATERS HAVE TONGUES DESIGNED TO CATCH PREY.
• THE LARGET MOUTH OF ANIMALS BELONGS TO THE BLUE WHALE , WHICH IS 2.700 KG.