Which Statement About Gustation Is False

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which statement about gustation is false?

• A) Taste buds are distributed more broadly over the body in terrestrial animals than in aquatic animals.
• B) Taste buds are shed and replaced, but the sensory neurons associated with them are not.
• C) Microvilli of taste bud sensory cells contain membrane receptor proteins.
• D) Humans perceive five taste classes.
• E) Despite different mechanisms of taste transduction by the receptors of taste bud sensory cells, all of these sensory cells release neurotransmitter onto sensory neurons, which carry information to the central nervous system.

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