Question

Draw the labelled diagram of tongue showing different region for taste buds.

Answer 1

Answer:

To differentiate the enjoyable or delicious food and unpleasant food, can be only possible due to the sense of taste. A delicious food cold be salty, sweet, sour, but the unpleasant food has a bitter taste. The fatty acids and calcium are tastants usually present in the food, which are sensed by taste buds.

• Taste buds are the sensory organs present on our tongue. They allow us to experience different taste such as salt, sweet, sour, bitter or savory.
• Taste buds consist taste receptor cells. These cells help in the detection of taste recognition. The different region for taste buds on tongue as:

1. The region of sweet taste buds usually on the tip of our tongue.
2. Salty taste buds lie on the front sides of the tongue.
3. Sour taste buds region present on the back sides of the tongue.
4. Bitter taste buds present back in the mouth.
5. Savory or umami taste buds present in the center of the tongue.