Asked by Holly Hacking on May 14, 2024
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You taste a sauce with the "tip of your tongue." These taste sensations would be carried via the ________ cranial nerve.
A) facial (VII)
B) vagus (X)
C) trigeminal (V)
D) glossopharyngeal (IX)
E) hypoglossal (XII)
Cranial Nerve
Nerve that originates from a nucleus within the brain; there are 12 pairs of cranial nerves.
Trigeminal
Pertaining to the trigeminal nerve, which is the fifth cranial nerve responsible for sensory data from the face and motor functions such as biting and chewing.
Glossopharyngeal
Pertaining to the ninth cranial nerve, which carries sensory information from the back of the throat and taste from the posterior third of the tongue.
- Acquire knowledge about the operational anatomy of the taste mechanism, detailing different cell types within taste buds and their linkage to neural pathways.
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EK
Elham KouhpayeMay 18, 2024
Final Answer :
A
Explanation :
The facial nerve (VII) is responsible for carrying taste sensations from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue, which includes the tip of the tongue where you would taste a sauce.
Learning Objectives
- Acquire knowledge about the operational anatomy of the taste mechanism, detailing different cell types within taste buds and their linkage to neural pathways.