You work in a paper mill. The smell is horrible every day when you get to work, but by the end of the day, you hardly notice it. Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Olfactory receptors are phasic. They fire rapidly when they are initially exposed to the smell, but they quickly adapt and cease firing when stimulus (smell) remains constant. They adapt to the new steady state and then turn off so that you don't notice the smell after a little while.
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A. cell bodies. B. neuroglia. C. dendrites. D. axons.
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