2006-11-29 03:52:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
it's a internal devise that turns off your sense of taste in preparation for that nasty medicine your about to take and your sense of smell cause you probably feel too lousy to shower.
Either that or I don't know.
2006-12-01 05:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What we consider taste is actuall smell and taste. When you have a cold, mucous clogs up the olfactory epithelium (the part of the nose that has all those receptors for odorants) so your sense of smell gets impaired and food doesn't "taste" as good.
2006-12-01 18:46:41 · answer #2 · answered by yaachan3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your sense of smell goes because your nasal passages are congested and filled with mucous. Your sense of taste goes because a very large part of taste is actually smell.
2006-11-29 11:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because your nasal passages, mouth, tongue, and throat all get drenched in mucous.
2006-11-29 11:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine don't.
2006-11-29 13:23:28 · answer #5 · answered by American Wildcat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋