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you bite into a fruit. it tastes bitter. it could be poisonous. you spit it out. what has happened in your nervous system to make you do this.? ​

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Step-by-step explanation:

The three nerves associated with taste are the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII), which provides fibers to the anterior two-thirds of the tongue; the glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve IX), which provides fibers to the posterior third of the tongue; and the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X),

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