FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fungiform: Located on the sides and tip of your tongue. They contain approximately 1, 600 taste buds. Circumvallate: Located on the back of your tongue. They contain approximately 250 taste buds. Foliate: Located on the back portion of your tongue, on each side. 07-Feb-2023

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the human soft palate contains taste buds, the main organ of taste is classically considered the tongue and the primary structure that house the sensory endings are the papillae.

Detailed explanation-3: -Taste cells (the peripheral receptors) are found in taste buds distributed on the dorsal surface of the tongue, soft palate, pharynx, and the upper part of the esophagus (Figure 15.10A; see also Figure 15.11).

Detailed explanation-4: -Taste buds are sensory end organs that are located in the oral epithelium (BOX 1). The receptors on the chemosensitive apical tips of taste bud cells confer specificity to gustatory stimuli. Taste receptors come in many types, including several classes of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and ion channels (FIG. 1).