{"id":6830,"date":"2021-02-15T04:07:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T04:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=6830"},"modified":"2021-02-15T04:37:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T04:37:50","slug":"the-sense-of-smell-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-smell-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The sense of smell"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6830\" class=\"elementor elementor-6830\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6226fc8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6226fc8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-382b871\" 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jet-nav__item-6791 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/our-five-senses\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Our five senses<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6800 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-sight-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of sight<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6803 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-hearing-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of hearing<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6818 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-touch-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of touch<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6836 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-smell-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of smell<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6851 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-sense-of-taste-2\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The sense of taste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0045cb3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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Think about cooking food or burning a candle, or spraying a perfume: all these release tiny molecules that our eyes do not see, into the air we breathe. But what happens during smelling?<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The organ for smell is the nose. Here is the diagram of the entire system.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_6781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6781\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6781\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/the-sense-of-smell.jpg\" alt=\"The sense of smell\" width=\"600\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/the-sense-of-smell.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/the-sense-of-smell-300x130.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sense of smell<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At the roof of our nasal cavity, there are tiny hairs called olfactory cilia. These hairs get stimulated after they pick up chemicals in the air going into our lungs. As they pick up the signal, they send it to the olfactory bulb. The impulse is then sent to the brain for interpretation. Note that for the brain to assign a particular smell to a signal, it uses its memory. This means, for the first time you smell something, good or bad, the brain stores it appropriately.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The sensory receptors in the nose that pick up chemicals are called Chemoreceptors. These receptors get tired after constantly receiving signals of the same stimuli. This is why if you stay in a smelly room for a long time, it becomes normal until you go out and come back in.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is believed that over 80% of what we perceive as taste is actually due to smell. This means if food smells great, you are more likely to love the taste of it. Funny huh?<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The receptors cover an area of about a small post stamp in your nose. When you have a bad cold, mucus covers that part of the nose, reducing the amount of stimulus the receptors pick. 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