Making Sense of Smells
A Guide for Understanding Farmstead Odors
Part 1: Physiology of Smell
Douglas W. Hamilton
Waste Management Specialist
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Five Senses
Five Senses
Physical
Chemical
Five Senses
Physical
Chemical
Touch
Hearing
Sight
Five Senses
Physical
Chemical
Touch
Hearing
Sight
Smell
Taste
Animal Sense of Smell
Vomeronasal Organ
Olfactory Organ
Trigeminal Nerve
© Dr. Michael Meredith
www. neuro.fsu.edu
Human Sense of Smell
Vomeronasal Organ
Olfactory Organ
Trigeminal Nerve
The Human Nose and
Olfactory Organ
www.news.softpedia.com
www.emptynosesyndrome.org
Normal Breath
www.emptynosesyndrome.org
Sniffing
Normal Breath
www.news.softpedia.com
www.emptynosesyndrome.org
Breathing Out
Scent
www.emptynosesyndrome.org
Scent
Aroma
www.emptynosesyndrome.org
Olfactory Bulb
John C. Leffingwell, Ph.D. www.leffingwell.com
Olfactory Receptors
Tim Jacobs www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi
Tim Jacobs www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi
Odor Fatigue
The longer you smell an odor,
the weaker the odor becomes.
Olfactory Bulb
John C. Leffingwell, Ph.D. www.leffingwell.com
Patrick J. Lynch
Wikipedia Commons 2 Nov 2007
Patrick J. Lynch
Wikipedia Commons 2 Nov 2007
www.thebrainlabs.com
The Limbic System
Proust Effect
Anonymous
Wikipedia Commons 21 Nov 2006
Patrick J. Lynch
Wikipedia Commons 2 Nov 2007
Patrick J. Lynch
Wikipedia Commons 2 Nov 2007
Patrick J. Lynch
Wikipedia Commons 2 Nov 2007
Grays Anatomy, 20 ed
Wikipedia Commons 23 Jan 2007
Grays Anatomy, 20 ed
Wikipedia Commons 23 Jan 2007
Opthalmic
Grays Anatomy, 20 ed
Wikipedia Commons 23 Jan 2007
Opthalmic
Maxillary
Grays Anatomy, 20 ed
Wikipedia Commons 23 Jan 2007
Opthalmic
Maxillary
Mandibular
Some Odorants Sensed
through the Trigeminal Nerve
Some Odorants Sensed
through the Trigeminal Nerve
Menthol
Some Odorants Sensed
through the Trigeminal Nerve
Menthol
Capsaicin
Some Odorants Sensed
through the Trigeminal Nerve
Menthol
Capsaicin
Acetic Acid
Some Odorants Sensed
through the Trigeminal Nerve
Menthol
Capsaicin
Acetic Acid
Ammonia

Making Sense of Smells – Communicating Odors to Diverse Audiences - Physiology