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Well, taste is one of the five senses (taste, smell, sight, touch, and sound). "Taste buds" are parts of your tongue that are involved in taste. But they are not the only part. Here is a good explanation from "Taste." U*X*L Complete Life Science Resource. Eds. Leonard C. Bruno and Julie Carnagie. Vol. 3. Detroit: U*X*L, 2001. 3 pp. 3 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Evanston Public Library. 10 Jan. 2008" "HOW THE SENSE OF TASTE WORKS Humans are born with the ability to taste. The sense of taste begins with the tongue. The skin over this muscular organ located inside the mouth is covered with about 10,000 receptor cells, or chemical-sensing bodies. These are called taste buds. Each of these funnel-shaped clusters has an opening called a taste pore. Molecules (small particles) of dissolved substances, containing chemicals, flow into these holes and trigger, or activate, a receptor cell. The taste buds also respond to other stimuli. When people smell or think of a food they like, their mouth starts to water. This means that people start to produce saliva. In order for humans to actually taste something, it has to be dissolved in saliva. Like smell (called olfaction), taste (also called gustation) operates on the principle of chemoreception. Certain receptors are triggered when chemicals contact them. It was once thought that certain parts of the tongue responded only to one of the four basic categories or sensations of taste (sweet, sour, bitter, salty). Now it is thought that individual receptors are not specifically sensitive to only one sensation. Unless the brain is involved in this process, a person will not be able to actually identify anything he or she has dissolved on the tongue. Science still does not know exactly how this occurs. Somehow, when a dissolved molecule triggers a taste bud, or cell, certain nerves at the root of the cell are also stimulated. These carry impulses to the brain stem, then to the thalamus or the front of the brain stem. The impulses finally end up in the cerebral cortex of the brain, the brain's taste control center. The brain interprets this signal, or impulse, and tells people what they are tasting. As with each of the senses, all of this happens instantaneously." Hope this helps! Reference Librarian
Evanston Public Library
Evanston, Illinois
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Does the roof of your mouth have taste buds and how do they contribute to the sense of taste"?
Yes, the roof of your mouth does have taste buds. These taste buds help to detect different flavors and contribute to the overall sense of taste by sending signals to the brain about the food or drink you are consuming.
What 4 groups are human taste buds divided into?
The front taste buds taste salty and sweet foods. The sides of your tongue taste sour foods. The taste buds on the back of your tongue taste bitter foods.
How does sense of taste work?
The sense of taste is primarily detected by taste buds on the tongue. These taste buds contain receptors that respond to different types of molecules in food, sending signals to the brain via the nervous system. The brain then interprets these signals to create the sensation of various flavors such as sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami.
Do house flies have taste buds?
Yes, house flies have taste receptors located on their feet, mouthparts, and labellum (tip of the proboscis). These taste receptors help them detect and evaluate the taste of potential food sources.
Are Wolves tastebuds in their stomach?
No, wolves' taste buds are not located in their stomach. Like humans, wolves have taste buds on their tongues that help them assess the taste of food before swallowing it. The stomach's main function is to digest food, not to taste it.
Do taste buds digest food?
No, taste buds do not digest food, your stomach acids do.
How do taste buds tast food?
we taste them by licking nd chewing the food so are taste buds process what we are eating.
What are tongue bumps?
They are taste buds, so you can taste all the goodness in your food
Does a lion have taste buds in its feet?
No, lions do not have taste buds in their feet. Taste buds are located on the tongue and in the mouth, which allow them to taste and differentiate flavors of food.
How do cows taste their own food?
taste buds
What do you mean by taste buds?
the taste buds is a suppilers with nerves. when wet food passes through these taste buds, the nerve fibres carry the sensations of taste to the brain.
What makes your taste buds not like foods?
It is not your taste buds that dislike food but rather it is your brain
Why does your food has taste if all you do is chew and swallow?
You have taste buds on your tongue.
Is a catfish's skin covered in taste buds?
yes, a catfish's skin is covered in taste buds:)
How do grasshoppers taste there food?
Grasshoppers do not have taste buds. They consume their food strictly out of instinct, without a need to taste it.
What helps you swallow your food and you use it to taste?
toungue or taste buds maybe ?
How do insect taste their food?
they have taste buds, just like us humans.
