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RETRO-OLFACTION [1 record]

Record 1 2022-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
CONT

... the brain distinguishes between odors we sniff through our nostrils (orthonasal olfaction) and odors that reach our nasal cavity from behind as we eat (retronasal olfaction) - even though the same receptors detect both.

Key term(s)
  • retro-nasal olfaction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nez (Médecine)
DEF

[...] mécanisme physiologique permettant de percevoir à partir du système olfactif les caractéristiques aromatiques, dites flaveurs, des aliments qui sont contenus dans la bouche.

CONT

[...] le cerveau distingue entre les odeurs senties par les narines (olfaction orthonasale) et celles qui atteignent nos fosses nasales par l'arrière lorsque nous mangeons (olfaction rétronasale). Les mêmes récepteurs sont pourtant à l'œuvre dans les deux cas.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nariz (Medicina)
CONT

La olfacción retronasal es un sentido interno, que se produce al exhalar, capacitándonos para percibir las cualidades de lo que acabamos de ingerir.

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