Which of These Statements Describes Taste Buds

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements describes taste buds?

• A) structures that are each able to respond to sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savoury stimuli
• B) collections of papilla that each respond to different stimuli
• C) small capsules of cells, each with a pore at the top through which sensory hairs project and interact with environmental molecules
• D) modified sensilla

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