9. You were asked to demonstrate the activity of the importance of palate inthe identification of taste. Write down the procedure briefly in 4-5sentences.
Answers
Aim: To prove that palate plays a major role in recognizing taste.
Apparatus: Sugar crystals, stop watch.
Procedure:
1. Place some sugar crystals on your tongue keep your mouth opened and see that your tongue does not touch the palate.
2. Record the time from the movement you placed the crystals on your tongue till you got the taste by using stop watch.
3. Now repeat the test by placing the sugar crystals on your tongue and pressing it against the palate till you got the taste by using stop watch.
Observation: The taste is identified easily when tongue is pressed against the palate.
Inference: When the tongue is pressed against the palate the food substance is easily entered into taste buds. The receptors form the taste sigals. Finally taste is recognised in the brain.