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Which out of the following statements about sense of smell is not true?(a) Olfactory receptor cells are bipolar neurons, not replaced when damaged(b) The chemicals are received by specific plasma membrane receptors in olfactory receptor cells(c) Olfactory receptors do not adapt quickly(d) The main areas of brain that interpret sense of smell be in the temporal and frontal lobesI got this question by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.Enquiry is from Sensory Transduction in Vision, Olfaction and Gustation in division Biosignalling of Biochemistry

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Correct option is (c) OLFACTORY receptors do not adapt quickly

The explanation is: Olfactory receptors adapt quickly, the ODOR seems to be less powerful after a few MINUTES of EXPOSURE.



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