Question 27

(Multiple Choice)

Researchers have suggested a fifth taste in humans known as umami and attribute the taste to the compound glutamate. Which of the following would support the belief that umami is a real "taste"?


A)Identifying a chemoreceptor in the nasal cavity that glutamate can bind to.
B)The isolation of a sensory neuron that creates nerve impulses in response to pressure from glutamate.
C)Finding chemoreceptors in a taste bud that create nerve impulses in response to an interaction with glutamate.
D)Identification of glands in the oral cavity that release saliva in response to the presence of glutamate.

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