What is the Jacobson's Organ? Jacobson's Organ and the Sixth Sense. Traditionally humans have been thought to come equipped with five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
Animals possess several extra senses, including altered vision and hearing, echolocation, electric and/or magnetic field detection, and supplementary chemical detection senses. In addition to taste and smell, most vertebrates use Jacobson's organ (also termed the vomeronasal organ and vomeronasal pit) to detect trace quantities of chemicals. Jacobsons organ in Humans? - The Naked Scientists October 2007. Listen Now Download as mp3 from the show Brewing and Alcohol Question Ellen, Oklahoma City asked: I want to know if humans have a functioning Jacobson’s Organ?
As I’ve heard several different opinions on this matter. Vomeronasal organ. The vomeronasal organ (VNO), or Jacobson's organ, is an auxiliary olfactory sense organ that is found in many animals.
It was discovered by Frederik Ruysch prior to 1732 and later by Ludwig Jacobson in 1813.[1] This organ is the sense organ involved in the flehmen response in mammals. The VNO is the first stage of the accessory olfactory system and contains sensory neurons that detect chemical stimuli. Jacobson's organ. Jacobson's Organ.