gustatory cells are found in the interior of the bud and supporting cells forms the envelope of the bud"
Answers
Taste buds contain the taste receptor cells, which are also known as gustatory cells. The taste receptors are located around the small structures known as papillae found on the upper surface of the tongue, soft palate, upper esophagus, the cheek, and epiglottis. These structures are involved in detecting the five elements of taste perception: salty, sour, bitter, sweet and umami. A popular myth assigns these different tastes to different regions of the tongue; in reality these tastes can be detected by any area of the tongue. Via small openings in the tongue epithelium, called taste pores, parts of the food dissolved in saliva come into contact with the taste receptors.[1] These are located on top of the taste receptor cells that constitute the taste buds. The taste receptor cells send information detected by clusters of various receptors and ion channels to the gustatory areas of the brain via the seventh, ninth and tenth cranial nerves.
Taste buds
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Taste buds are small structures present within the papillae of the tongue
Details
System
Taste
Identifiers
Latin
caliculus gustatererius
MeSH
D013650
NeuroLex ID
birnlex_4101
TA
A15.4.00.002
TH
H3.04.01.0.02116, H3.04.01.0.03013
FMA
54825
Anatomical terms of microanatomy
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On average, the human tongue has 2,000–8,000 taste buds.