nose, tongue, skin

Small hair-like projections that trap dust particles and keep them from entering the lungs

Cilia

Cartilage in the septum is bent blocking airflow, treatment is surgical correction

Deviated septum

Inflammation of the tongue

Glossitis

Perceive sensations such as pressure, vibrations and texture

Mechanoreceptors

Detect light touch

Meissner's corpuscle

Growths in nasal cavity, if severe treatment is surgical removal of growths

Nasal polyps

Sense of smell located in this region within the nasal cavity

Olfactory bulb

Detect deep pressure

Pacinian corpuscle

Perceive pain throughout the body

Pain receptors

Bumps on the surface of the tongue that contain taste buds

Papillae

Sense position of different parts of the body in relation to each other

Proprioceptors

Inflammation of the lining of the nose, caused by allergies, treatment is eliminate allergen

Rhinitis

Our sense of taste is 90% of our sense of smell

Sense of taste

Partition that divides the nose into right and left sides

Septum

Swollen red bumpy tongue with enlarged taste buds. Scarlet fever, toxic shock syndrome, B12 deficiency are causes

Strawberry tongue

Gustatory cells are another name for

Taste buds

Perceive sensations related to temperature of objects the skin feels

Thermoreceptors

Oral yeast infection, opportunistic infection, white lesions on tongue, people with decreased immune systems

Thrush