Which Statement About Olfaction Is False

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Multiple Choice

Which statement about olfaction is false?

• A) Humans can discriminate many more odorants than there are olfactory receptors.
• B) Each olfactory receptor neuron expresses only one type of receptor.
• C) Different regions of a complex odorant molecule can bind to different receptor proteins.
• D) Each glomerulus in the olfactory bulb contains axons from olfactory receptor neurons that express different receptor proteins.
• E) Each olfactory receptor protein is found in a limited number of olfactory receptor neurons in the nasal epithelium.

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