Smell

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  • The sense of smell is part of our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses.
  • Smell is a very direct sense.
  • To lose the sense of smell is a serious handicap; we no longer perceive the different qualities of food and we cannot detect warning signals, for example smoke from a fire.
  • Smell is a sensation we perceive with our noses.

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