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1
Which statement is NOT true about the classification of taste?
A)The four familiar categories are sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.
B)There has recently been discovered an "umami" receptor on the tongue.
C)A component that can be reliably identified in isolation can be identified in multiple component mixtures.
D)People sometimes identify multiple component solutions as a single component.
2
The little bumps you can see on someone's tongue are:
A)taste buds
B)papillae
C)gustatory pimples
D)latin papula
3
Taste buds contain:
A)olfactory receptors
B)papillae
C)microvilli
D)all of the above
4
The center of the tongue:
A)has taste buds that signal salty tastes
B)has taste buds that signal sour tastes
C)has taste buds that signal bitter tastes
D)has no taste buds
5
The density of taste buds is highest:
A)at infancy
B)in the teen years
C)around age 40
D)around age 65
6
Where do taste sensations appear to be located?
A)from the mouth's entire surface
B)from the parts of the mouth containing taste buds
C)from the parts of the mouth containing functioning taste buds
D)from the parts of the mouth containing functioning taste buds that connect to sensory nerves
7
Sensory transduction in taste buds depends on:
A)movement of ions through the receptor membrane
B)fitting of a molecule into a receptor
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b
8
Taste information from the tongue is conveyed to the brain along ___ cranial nerves.
A)one
B)two
C)three
D)four
9
The theory of taste quality that proposes that taste is presented in the pattern of activity in the population of taste fibers is called:
A)the cross-fiber theory
B)satiety theory
C)taste hedonics
D)multiple flavor hypothesis
10
The reduction of one taste sensation by another is called:
A)the tip of the tongue phenomenon
B)taste modification
C)conditioned taste reduction
D)taste suppression
11
Which brain area mediates the ability to identify taste substances?
A)the insula
B)the amygdala
C)the hypothalamus
D)the cingulate
12
When a person can taste and smell a substance, the added odor:
A)increases the strength of the item's smell
B)increases the strength of the item's taste
C)decreases the strength of the item's taste
D)decreases the strength of the item's smell
13
Taste refers to:
A)sensations from substances dissolved in saliva
B)a above plus temperature, texture, and consistency
C)b above plus odor
D)none of the above
14
Flavor refers to:
A)sensations from substances dissolved in saliva
B)a above plus temperature, texture, and consistency
C)b above plus odor
D)none of the above
15
The reduced hedonic response to food following eating is:
A)modification
B)adaptation
C)suppression
D)sensory-specific satiety





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