When you smell a favourite food your mouth begins to water (that is, you secrete saliva). Write down what the following are examples of: (a) the smell of the food (b) the cells in your nasal passages which perceive the smell (c) the gland which is stimulated to secrete saliva.

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(a) The smell of the food is a stimulus.

(b) Olfactory receptors are the cells in your nasal passages which perceive the smell.

(c) Salivary gland (effector) is the gland which is stimulated to secrete saliva.

When you smell a favourite food your mouth begins to water (that is, you secrete saliva). Write down what the following are examples of:(a) the smell of the food(b) the cells in your nasal passages which perceive the smell(c) the gland which is stimulated to secrete saliva.

When you smell a favourite food your mouth begins to water (that is, you secrete saliva). Write down what the following are examples of:
(a) the smell of the food

(b) the cells in your nasal passages which perceive the smell

(c) the gland which is stimulated to secrete saliva.