Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Perception of salty tastes occurs at the level of the taste bud.
2. Death of hair cells resulting from repeated exposure to loud noises is thought to be caused by metabolic "exhaustion" of these cells from continuous activation.
3. The lateral line system of fishes functions to detect vibrations in the water around them.
4. The most common defect in color vision, termed red-green color blindness, results from a faulty opsin gene.
5. Compound eyes in invertebrate animals are composed of many smaller ommatidia.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
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