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  1. olfaction
    the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
    Note: that taste is not the same as flavour; flavour includes the smell of a food as well as its taste.
    [edit] Smell

    Smell or olfaction is the other "chemical" sense.
  2. hertz
    unit of frequency with a periodic interval of one second
    Since sound is vibrations propagating through a medium such as air, the detection of these vibrations, that is the sense of the hearing, is a mechanical sense because these vibrations are mechanically conducted from the eardrum through a series of tiny bones to hair-like fibers in the inner ear which detect mechanical motion of the fibers within a range of about 20 to 20,000 hertz,[4] with substantial variation between individuals.
  3. hair follicle
    a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair
    Some neurons in the nose are specialized to detect pheromones.[citation needed]
    [edit] Touch

    Touch, also called tactition or mechanoreception, is a perception resulting from activation of neural receptors, generally in the skin including hair follicles, but also in the tongue, throat, and mucosa.
  4. tingle
    cause a stinging or prickling sensation
    Paresthesia is a sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness of the skin that may result from nerve damage and may be permanent or temporary.
    [edit] Balance and acceleration
    Main article: Vestibular system

    Balance, equilibrioception, or vestibular sense is the sense which allows an organism to sense body movement, direction, and acceleration, and to attain and maintain postural equilibrium and balance.
  5. itching
    an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
    The touch sense of itching caused by insect bites or allergies involves special itch-specific neurons in the skin and spinal cord.[7]
Created on Thu Aug 19 11:22:46 EDT 2010

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