Common Chemical Sense

Japanese: 共通化学感覚 - きょうつうかがくかんかく
Common Chemical Sense

…In addition, some insects have contact chemosensation in the ovipositor, which is clearly a different chemical sense from taste. There is also another type of chemosensation, the noxious sense that occurs when an irritating substance such as strong acid comes into contact with the skin, and since this sense cannot distinguish the quality of the stimulus, it is called a common chemosensation. It has become clear that this sense is clearly different from taste and smell, as well as touch and pain, and in vertebrates it is considered to be a unique sensory type that originates in the free nerve endings of the cranial and spinal nerves. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "common chemical senses" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,昆虫などでは産卵管に接触化学感覚があるものがあるが,これは明らかに味覚とは別の化学感覚である。 化学感覚には,このほかに,濃い酸などの刺激性物質が皮膚に作用したときなどに生じる傷害性の感覚があり,これは刺激の質を弁別できないので共通化学感覚と呼ばれる。この感覚は味覚や嗅覚はもちろん,触覚や痛覚ともはっきり異なるものであることが明らかになっており,脊椎動物では脳神経や脊髄神経の自由神経終末に発する独特な感覚種と考えられている。…

※「共通化学感覚」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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