Human Biology Custom Edition
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ISBN: 9781337631532
Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14, Problem 7SQ
Which of the special senses is based on the following events? Membrane vibrations cause fluid movements, which lead to bending of mechanoreceptors and firing of action potentials.
- a. taste
- b. smell
- c. hearing
- d. vision
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