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What are the microscopic hairs in your taste buds called and what do they do?
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Answered 2013-08-17 16:54:25
They are not actually hairs but hair-like projections that increase the surface area of your taste buds, gustatory organs, and they are called cilia.
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What are taste cells called?
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Why are spider legs hairy?
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How does the tongue distinguish taste?
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Regions of the tongue that register taste?
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Does snail have taste buds?
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What are the taste buds called on the center of the tongue?
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What type of papillae are the taste buds?
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What three types of cells are found in taste buds?
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How small is a taste bud?
There are several types of taste buds, ranging from microscopic size to 1-2 millimetres (like the ones at the side of the back of your tongue).
What controls the sense of taste?
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Do your taste buds taste mayones?
Yes your taste buds can taste mayonnaise, unless all of your taste buds are dead, than you cant taste anything.
Are there taste buds in your nose?
No, there are no taste buds in your nose.
Do chameleons have taste buds?
yes they do have taste buds
Does your sense of taste result from receptors organized into taste buds?
Yes, that's correct. Nerve receptors organized into units called taste buds detect flavor, hence taste.
Do hot cheetos eat your taste buds?
No , it cannot eat out your taste buds because your taste buds is not fragile .
What are these red bumps on the tongue?
They are your taste buds. The majority of taste buds on the tongue sit on raised protrusions of the tongue surface called papillae.
Do ants have taste buds?
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What are the differences between children's and adults' taste buds?
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What are boy taste buds?
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