When You Lick Frosting Off a Knife with the Tip

question 68

Multiple Choice

When you lick frosting off a knife with the tip of your tongue and find the frosting has an orange flavor to it,which cranial nerve is being used to determine the taste of the frosting?

• A)facial
• B)trigeminal
• C)hypoglossal
• D)glossopharyngeal
• E)abducens

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