You can easily distinguish between a tuna salad sandwich and a chicken salad sandwich by their smell, because airborne molecules from tuna salad and chicken salad:
A) stimulate two different patterns of odor receptors in the nasal cavity.
B) stimulate different sensory thresholds.
C) each stimulate a different odor receptor in the nasal cavity.
D) generate neural impulses along two different sensory pathways.

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Tuna and chicken have different chemical compositions, which means that they will stimulate different patterns of odor receptors in the nasal cavity. This results in a distinct and recognizable smell for each type of sandwich.

You Can Easily Distinguish Between a Tuna Salad Sandwich and a Chicken