MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The chemical complexity of taste stimuli suggests that taste receptor cells utilize multiple molecular mechanisms to detect and distinguish among these compounds. Our sense of taste can detect and discriminate various ionic stimuli, for example, Na+ as salty, H+ as sour, sugars as sweet and alkaloids as bitter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taste (gustation) and smell (olfaction) are called chemical senses because both have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chapter 15The Chemical Senses Three sensory systems associated with the nose and mouth-olfaction, taste, and the trigeminal chemosensory system-are dedicated to the detection of chemicals in the environment. The olfactory system detects airborne molecules called odors.