Taste Buds

question 36

Multiple Choice

Taste buds

• A) can perceive seven basic tastes.
• B) are replaced approximately every 30 days.
• C) can only perceive taste if the molecules are in solution.
• D) can be found covering both the superior and inferior surfaces of the tongue.
• E) have axons and generate their own action potentials.

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