1Cells that detect chemicals dissolved in solution and trans

1.Cells that detect chemicals dissolved in solution and transmit nerve signals for taste sensation to the CNS are known as ________________(basal/gustatory) cells.

2.The cochlea is innervated by CN VIII.__________________(True/False)

Solution

Answer:

1). Cells that detect chemicals dissolved in solution and transmit nerve signals for taste sensation to the CNS are known as ___gustatory___ cells.

A chemical to be tasted, it must dissolve in saliva, diffuse into the taste pore, and contact the gustatory hairs.

2). True

The vestibulocochlear nerve(CN VIII) is the eighth cranial nerve and has two roles, innervation to the cochlea for hearing & innervation to the vestibule for acceleration sense.