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a nose organ that smells pheromones you'll never consciously notice, judging your every flirtation
means The Jacobson's organ (vomeronasal organ) is a small paired structure in the nasal cavity of many animals that detects pheromones and other chemical signals, separate from ordinary smell.
from Named for Ludvig Levin Jacobson, a Danish anatomist and physician who described the organ in the early 19th century — so the surname is simply his, attached forever to the bit of nose he catalogued. The fuller anatomical name, 'vomeronasal,' comes from Latin: 'vomer,' the plough-shaped bone in the skull, joined to 'nasus,' the nose.
- hidden sense
- detects pheromones below conscious awareness
- named after
- Danish surgeon Ludvig Levin Jacobson, 1813
- snake superpower
- snakes use it to taste air
- human debate
- scientists argue if ours still works
- flehmen response
- why cats curl lips at smells
jacobson salt marsh — coastal wetland in connecticut's groton, protected since 1973
david jacobson architect — designed the musée picasso in paris, completed 1985
jacobson law firm — founded in 1920, specializing in estate planning in new york