Your Grandmother Complains That the Meal She Just Ate Was

Multiple Choice

Your grandmother complains that the meal she just ate was rather bland or tasteless.This is because as an elderly person,her

A) taste buds are increasing in number but decreasing in sensitivity.
B) taste buds are decreasing in number but increasing in sensitivity.
C) taste buds are decreasing in number and decreasing in sensitivity.
D) taste buds have not changed,but her taste center in the cerebral cortex has changed.
E) food was prepared with little regard to taste.