Imagine that humans can taste a new sensation,called "highlight," that allows the person to taste the brightness of the food they are eating.Everyone would need a new type of ____ cell to taste this new sensation.
A) neural receptor
B) ganglion
C) bipolar
D) interneuron

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Neural receptors are responsible for detecting and transmitting sensory information, including taste sensations, to the brain. The new sensation of "highlight" would require a new type of neural receptor that can detect the brightness of food in addition to the traditional tastes (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami). Ganglion, bipolar, and interneuron cells are involved in the processing of neural information and not specific to taste receptors.

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