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How do taste buds work?
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Receptor Cells: The taste receptor cells send information detected by clusters of various receptors and ion channels to the gustatory areas of the brain via the seventh, ninth and tenth cranial nerves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste_bud
Answered 12/23/2014
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