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The receptors that detect chemical stimuli, as in smell and taste, are the:

Answer: Chemoreceptors.

  • A Photoreceptors
  • B Chemoreceptors
  • C Mechanoreceptors
  • D Thermoreceptors

Correct answer: B. Chemoreceptors

Explanation: Chemoreceptors respond to chemicals dissolved in fluid, underlying the senses of smell and taste.

Labeled diagram of a neuron showing dendrites, cell body (soma) with nucleus, axon, myelin sheath, Nodes of Ranvier, and axon terminals

Structure of a neuron. Image: LadyofHats (Mariana Ruiz), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Concept context

Brain, spinal cord, neurons, reflex arcs, and sense organs.

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