WK 5 - Olfactory and Gustatory

types of papillae

fungiform, foliate, and circumvallate

five taste sensations

salt, sour, sweet, bitter, umami

gustducin

g-protein involved with taste (sweet, bitter, and umami)

CN VII (facial nerve)

sense of taste in the palate and 2/3 of anterior tongue

CN IX (glossopharyngeal nerve)

sense of taste in 1/3 of posterior tongue

CN X (vagus nerve)

sense of tste in posterior region of the throat

olfactory tract projections

anterior olfactory nucleus, piriform cortex, olfactory tubercle, amygdala, entorhinal cortex