Smell
Crossword Puzzle
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Across:
1.
The cellular protrusions on which receptor proteins are
located
3.
This substance forms a sticky film across the top of receptor
cells to capture smell molecules
5.
The two letter abbreviation for the enzyme that produces the
cyclic nucleotide that gates ion channels in olfactory receptor proteins
7.
The family of receptors to which Odorant receptor proteins
belong
10.
The full name for the region of the ORP that binds the
odorant (3 words of 7, 7 and 6 letters)
11.
This cation gates opening of channels allowing efflux of
anions whose exit causes depolarization of the olfactory receptor cell
Down:
1.
The molecule that opens ion channels in olfactory receptor
cells
2.
The name for the change in resting membrane potential in the
olfactory receptor cell caused after binding of the odorant to the receptor protein
4.
The cells that provide structural integrity within the
olfactory mucosa and remove odorant molecules (2 words)
6.
Efflux of this ion is the main factor causing depolarization
of the olfactory receptor cell
8.
The protein in vision that comes from the same family as the
olfactory receptor protein
9.
The olfactory receptor cell is a member of this broad class
of cell in the CNS or PNS