Based on the scenario below, select the statement that accurately finishes the sentence. Stacey has recently had a car accident and has lost her sense of taste as a result. It is MOST likely that she has __________.

Taste signals travel from receptors in the tongue to the brain through cranial nerves, which are part of the peripheral nervous system. If damage interrupts those nerves, the taste information may not reach the brain, making choice A the best answer. A spinal cord injury is not a typical explanation for loss of taste, and the tongue’s proximity to the brain does not make it part of the central nervous system.

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