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Sense of Taste

Sense of Taste. Special organs of taste Approximately 10,000 on surface of tongue 1,000 scattered in the roof of mouth and walls of throat Associated with Papillae Tiny elevations on tongue. Taste Buds. Taste Cells 50-150 on each taste bud AKA Gustatory cells

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Sense of Taste

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  1. Sense of Taste

  2. Special organs of taste • Approximately 10,000 on surface of tongue • 1,000 scattered in the roof of mouth and walls of throat • Associated with Papillae • Tiny elevations on tongue Taste Buds

  3. Taste Cells • 50-150 on each taste bud • AKA Gustatory cells • Replaced on avg. every 10 days • Taste Pore • Opening to taste cells • Taste Hairs • Tiny projections that protrude from the outer ends of taste cells • Most sensitive parts • Network of nerve fibers interwoven around taste cells Taste Receptors

  4. Salivary Glands • Produce water fluid surrounding taste cells that chemicals must dissolve in in order for the taste to be tasted. • Food molecules bind to specific receptor proteins embedded in taste hairs • Pattern of receptor types stimulated generates sensory impulses • All taste cells in all taste buds appear alike microscopically but 5 specific types of buds. Chemoreceptors

  5. 5 Primary Tastes • Sweet-tip of tongue • Table sugar • Sour-sides of tongue • Lemon • Salty-all over tongue • Table salt • Bitter-back of tongue • Caffeine • Umami (Japanese term meaning delicious) • Anything that you think is delicious • Others not believe by all scientists: • Alkaline-like bitter (Coffee) • Metallic-metal fork, tinfoil Taste Sensations

  6. Flavor results from one or more combinations of primary sensations • Also includes: smelling, feeling texture, and temperature • Pain Receptor • Stimulated by chili peppers, ginger etc. • Taste Cells respond to one sensation and are found throughout tongue • Most strong in certain regions Taste Sensation Cont.

  7. Like smell, taste adapts rapidly • Moving food all over surface of tongue stimulates different receptors preventing taste loss through sensory adaption. Adaption

  8. Cranial Nerves • Facial • Glossopharyngeal • Vagus • Flow to Medulla Oblongta • Then Ascend to Thalamus and further to gustatory cortex in parietal lobe. Nerve Pathways

  9. Cats and dogs may be satisfied with less varied diets than humans because cats have only 473 taste buds and dogs about 1,700. Interesting Fact

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