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  2. Vomeronasal organ - Wikipedia

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    Painted turtles use this organ to use their sense of smell underwater. [28] Sagittal section of the vomeronasal organ of garter snake. Garter snakes – In addition to the main olfactory system, garter snakes have the vomeronasal organ. The vomeronasal organ plays an important role with its sensitivity toward chemicals that are related to ...

  3. Olfactory system - Wikipedia

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    The olfactory system, is the sensory system used for the sense of smell (olfaction). Olfaction is one of the special senses directly associated with specific organs. Most mammals and reptiles have a main olfactory system and an accessory olfactory system. The main olfactory system detects airborne substances, while the accessory system senses ...

  4. Geosmin - Wikipedia

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    Geosmin (/ dʒ i ˈ ɒ z m ɪ n / jee-OZ-min) is an irregular sesquiterpenoid with a distinct earthy or musty odor, which most people can easily smell. The geosmin odor detection threshold in humans is very low, ranging from 0.006 to 0.01 micrograms per liter in water. [1]

  5. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...

  6. Olfactory epithelium - Wikipedia

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    The olfactory epithelium is a specialized epithelial tissue inside the nasal cavity that is involved in smell.In humans, it measures 5 cm 2 (0.78 sq in) [1] and lies on the roof of the nasal cavity about 7 cm (2.8 in) above and behind the nostrils. [2]

  7. Music written in all major or minor keys - Wikipedia

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    (Such key signatures are used for so-called theoretical keys which are almost never encountered outside music-theoretical exercises.) [b] Keys with 6 flats and 6 sharps, [c] with 7 flats and 5 sharps [d] and with 5 flats and 7 sharps [e] are enharmonic to one another. Composers will, in most (though not all) cases, choose only one key from each ...

  8. Olfactory receptor - Wikipedia

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    Deuteration changes the heats of adsorption and the boiling and freezing points of molecules (boiling points: 100.0 °C for H 2 O vs. 101.42 °C for D 2 O; melting points: 0.0 °C for H 2 O, 3.82 °C for D 2 O), pKa (i.e., dissociation constant: 9.71x10 −15 for H 2 O vs. 1.95x10 −15 for D 2 O, cf. heavy water) and the strength of hydrogen ...

  9. Sense of smell - Wikipedia

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    The Lady and the Unicorn, a Flemish tapestry depicting the sense of smell, 1484–1500. Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris.. Early scientific study of the sense of smell includes the extensive doctoral dissertation of Eleanor Gamble, published in 1898, which compared olfactory to other stimulus modalities, and implied that smell had a lower intensity discrimination.