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(a) Name one gustatory receptor and one olfactory receptor present in human beings.

(b) Write a and b in the given flow chart of neuron through which information travels as an electrical impulse.



Gustatory receptors are the receptors that provide a sense of taste. The gustatory receptor in human beings is the tongue.


Olfactory receptors are responsible for providing the sense of smell. In human beings, nose is an olfactory receptor.


(b)


a. Cell body


b. Axon


The information, acquired at the end of the dendritic tip of a nerve cell sets off a chemical reaction that creates an electrical impulse. This impulse travels from the dendrite to the cell body, and then along the axon to its end.


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