Question

The tongue of a person is exposed to a high salty taste then: Choose the correct option.
a) The person learns to taste salty things better
b) Loves tasting salty things
c) Hates tasting salty things
d) Fails to taste a less salty thing just after the exposure.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct option for the above given question is option d fails to taste salty things just after the exposure.

Explanation:

Human tongue is made up of face towards which recognise different types of taste which are present in the in taken food.

When a person tastes a high salty food the taste of this high salt in nature persists for sometime on the taste buds present on the tongue of that person. So immediately if he tastes a low salty food he could not recognise it.

Answer 2

The tongue of a person is exposed to a high salty taste then, Fails to taste less salty thing after exposure.

Option D

Explanation:

• The taste of salt is found on both lateral sides of tongue.
• This taste buds of salt taste actually tastes the salt on basis of concentration of sodium or potassium ions present in the saliva.
• Their high concentration makes change in membrane potential of salt tasting buds, which is taken up by nerve as a taste of salt.
• After a high concentration of salt, those buds become fatigued and this is why we can’t taste salt just after tasting high concentration of it.