Chapter 1 Answers to Questions for Study and Review

The four basic tastes (sweet, salty, sour, and bitter) are detected by taste receptors (taste buds) located on the surface of the tongue. The facial and glossopharyngeal cranial nerves (VII and IX) transmit the sensation of taste to the brain. 22. Nerve impulses from the olfactory receptors are carried by the olfactory nerve to the olfactory ... ................
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