Which Statement About the Perception of Different Basic Tastes Is

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Multiple Choice

Which statement about the perception of different basic tastes is true?

• A) Each type of gustatory receptor protein has a different receptor potential.
• B) Regardless of how taste information is transduced by different receptors, all taste bud sensory cells release neurotransmitter onto sensory neurons, which send the information to the central nervous system.
• C) The five basic tastes result from five different transient receptor potential channel proteins.
• D) Gustation receptor proteins are similar in their mode of stimulation, but they synapse with different sensory neurons that stimulate different parts of the brain.
• E) The five basic tastes result from five different ions flowing through the same receptor proteins.

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