Gustatory Signals Travel from the Tongue Through the Facial and Glossopharyngeal

question 42

True/False

Gustatory signals travel from the tongue through the facial and glossopharyngeal nerves.

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Definitions:

Codon Sequence

A specific sequence of three nucleotides in mRNA that specifies the addition of a particular amino acid to a protein chain during biosynthesis.

Amino Acid Sequence

The amino acid sequence is the order in which amino acids are linked together via peptide bonds to form a protein.

Synthesizes Proteins

The process by which cells build proteins from amino acids based on the instructions encoded in genes.

Ribosome

A cellular structure that synthesizes proteins by translating mRNA into amino acid sequences.