Which Statement About the Senses of Taste and Olfaction Is

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the senses of taste and olfaction is incorrect?

• A)An odor typically contains only a type single odor molecule that activates one specific type of receptor protein.
• B)There are at least four primary types of taste: sweet,sour,salty,and bitter;there may also be a fifth taste,called umami.
• C)Taste cells and olfactory cells are chemoreceptors.
• D)Each olfactory cell has only 1 out of 1,000 different types of receptor proteins.
• E)A taste bud has both supporting cells and a number of elongated taste cells that end in microvilli.

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