AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Olfaction is the chemical sensation of gaseous odorants colloquially referred to as the ability to smell.

Detailed explanation-2: -The molecules that activate the sense of smell (the technical name is olfaction) are airborne; they enter the body via the nose and mouth and attach to receptor cells that line the mucus membranes far back in the nose.

Detailed explanation-3: -(ol-FAK-tuh-ree) Having to do with the sense of smell.

Detailed explanation-4: -olfactory system, the bodily structures that serve the sense of smell. The system consists of the nose and the nasal cavities, which in their upper parts support the olfactory mucous membrane for the perception of smell and in their lower parts act as respiratory passages.