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Chapter 40.8, Problem 1HYEW
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To determine:
The reason why chili peppers tastes hot.
Introduction:
The “perception of stimuli” depends on the action potentials of the sensory cells. Every individual has pain receptors that respond to both damaging heat and chili, such as capsaicin. Thus, the brain interprets both stimuli as burning pain.
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