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COMLEX Osteopathic Medicine

Category - Sensory

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Changes in taste due to age occur because taste buds:

Lose mass
Decrease in physical amount
Both A and B
Neither A nor B

Explanation

Answer - C - Changes in taste due to age occur because the actual amount of taste buds decrease and those that remain show atrophy or loss of mass. In men, this starts occurring between 50 and 60 years of age and in women, between 40 and 50 years of age.

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