After Working Several Hours in a Flower Shop, You Do

question 57

Multiple Choice

After working several hours in a flower shop, you do not detect the smell of the roses. Why?

• A) Sensory adaptation has occurred.
• B) Competing signal transduction pathways have been activated.
• C) Sensory perception has been blocked.
• D) Sensory summation has occurred.
• E) The nasal epithelium has become blocked.

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