Trace the gustatory pathway from the taste receptors to the cerebral cortex

A) taste receptors — facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves — synapse in the solitary nucleus of the medulla oblongata — medial lemniscus — synapse in the thalamus — gustatory cortex of the insula
B) taste receptors — hypoglossal, glossopharyngeal, and accessory nerves — synapse in the solitary nucleus of the medulla oblongata — medial lemniscus — synapse in the thalamus — gustatory cortex of the insula
C) taste receptors — facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves — lateral lemniscus — synapse in the solitary nucleus of the medulla oblongata — synapse in the thalamus — gustatory cortex of the insula
D) taste receptors — hypoglossal, glossopharyngeal, and accessory nerves — medial lemniscus — synapse in the thalamus — synapse in the solitary nucleus of the medulla oblongata —gustatory cortex of the insula
E) taste receptors — facial, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves — medial lemniscus — synapse in the thalamus — synapse in the solitary nucleus of the medulla oblongata — gustatory cortex of the insula


Answer: A

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