Regarding the Sense of Smell, Which of the Following Statements

question 76

Multiple Choice

Regarding the sense of smell, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Humans have about 10 million odor receptors in the nostrils.
• B)Human odor receptors are capable of sensing about 10,000 different substances.
• C)Different substances have different shaped molecules that fit into particular odor receptors.
• D)Smell is the only sense in which sensory information does not go through the thalamus on its way to the cerebral cortex.
• E)The limbic system is involved in the processing of smells.

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