Which part of the human tongue recongnises bitter taste?

Answer 1

Without the capacity to taste things that were bitter or foul-tasting, we would not be able to detect poisons or off food along with things which we are not supposed to consume. However, there are a significant percentage of the human population who cannot taste bitter any more, due to a distinct lack of random poisonous things being consumed and selecting out those without bitter taste buds in recent evolutionary history.

Answer 2

The function of the part of the tongue that tastes the flavor bitter, is that your brain knows that you are about to ingest something bitter. Things harmful to your body usually taste bitter. When you put it on your tongue, your body rejects it. (You gag.)

Answer 3

Although there was a diagram, widely publicized many decades ago, showing how various parts of the tongue are specialized for different tastes, sweet, salty, sour, or bitter, that later proved to be incorrect. We now know that the various types of taste buds are distributed throughout the tongue, rather than being separated into specific regions of the tongue.

Answer 4

There is no specific answer, that is a common misconception that certain parts taste certain tastes. The whole tongue can taste all flavours, but some tastebuds are slightly more sensitive to certain tastes.

Answer 5

You have this bitter receptor on the tongue because it is important for your body to recognise that taste in order to feel attracted, or repelled by it, depending on where it is found. Many poisons taste bitter and so are many foods. If it is a mild bitter flavor, it can be associated with something good like coffee, chocolate, some green vegetables, and things like that.

Answer 6

the back portion of Buku's tongue..........

Answer 7

The back of the tongue is most sensitive to bitter tastes, as it contains taste buds known as circumvallate papillae that can detect bitter compounds.

Answer 8

The back of your tongue!