SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING
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Are found on the surface of the tongue and open into the taste bud, thereby connecting the surface of the tongue to the taste receptors within the taste buds.
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Papillae
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Tastants
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Taste pores
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Taste buds
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Taste Buds and Taste Cells. Taste buds are situated throughout the oral epithelium, with the majority being located on the tongue. Taste buds appear at the apex of fungiform papillae on the anterior tongue and along trench walls of foliate and circumvallate papillae on the posterior tongue.
Detailed explanation-2: -Taste buds present in different papillae in tongue and palate contain taste receptor cells (TRC) which contain taste G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Left side shows how afferent nerves transmit a signal to the gustatory cortex in brain via cranial/glossopharyngeal nerves.
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