A 35-year-old patient applied to a doctor with complaints about having intense rhinitis and loss of sense of smell for a week. Objectively: nasal cavity contains a lot of mucus that covers mucous membrane and blocks olfactory receptors. In what part of nasal cavity are these receptors situated?

Answer options

1. Common nasal meatus
2. Superior nasal turbinate
3. Median nasal turbinate
4. Vestibule of nose
5. Inferior nasal turbinate

Explanation

The Sense of Smell. Smell depends on sensory receptors that respond to airborne chemicals. In humans, these chemoreceptors are located in the olfactory epithelium a patch of tissue about the size of a postage stamp located high in the nasal cavity (superior nasal concha or turbinate).