Taste Receptors and Tongue INN

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Vallate Papillae

largest lingual papillae forming “V” in the posterior tongue, houses many taste receptors

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Fungiform Papillae

mushroom-shaped, located on tip and sides of tongue (a few taste receptors)

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Foliate Papillae

folds or ridges in posterolateral portion of tongue (a few taste receptors in early childhood)

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Filiform Papillae

small and numerous, lack taste receptors

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Vagus N

taste to root of tongue and epiglottis

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glossopharyngeal N

taste to posterior 1/3 of tongue

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facial N

taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue

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Lingual N (branch of V3)

somatosensory information to entire tongue