Q:

Increasing the salt concentration applied to a ‘salt’ taste bud increases

0

 Increasing the salt concentration applied to a ‘salt’ taste bud increases.


  1. Its sensitivity to salt.
  2. The amplitude of its generator potentials.
  3. The amplitude of the action potentials generated.
  4. Impulse traffic to the thalamus.
  5. Impulse traffic up the ascending reticular formation.

All Answers

need an explanation for this answer? contact us directly to get an explanation for this answer

A. False It decreases; taste receptors adapt to stimuli applied to them.

B. True Stronger stimuli lead to generator potentials of greater amplitude.

C. False There is an increase in impulse frequency, not amplitude.

D. True All but olfactory impulses are relayed in the thalamus.

E. True All sensory inputs send impulses via collaterals to this system.

need an explanation for this answer? contact us directly to get an explanation for this answer

total answers (1)

Similar questions


need a help?


find thousands of online teachers now