What Is the Approximate Life Expectancy of Individual Taste Receptor

question 117

Multiple Choice

What is the approximate life expectancy of individual taste receptor cells?

• A) 2 days
• B) 10 days
• C) 2 months
• D) 1 year

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Definitions:

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions of neurons that receive signals from other neurons and conduct them toward the cell body.

Axon

The axon is a long, slender projection of a neuron that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body toward other neurons or to muscles or glands.

Cell Body

The spherical part of a neuron that contains the nucleus and connects to the dendrites, which receive messages, and the axon, which sends them.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.