Senses of Taste and Touch

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Gustatory Sense

the sense of taste

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Papillae

tiny bumps on the tongue which contain taste receptors (tastebuds)

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Taste buds detect five tastes:

sweet,  sour, salty, bitter, and umami

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Tactile corpuscle

touch receptors located in the skin

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Adaption

occurs when sensory stimulation is continually applied and you get used to it

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Pain receptors

branching of free nerve endings

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Referred pain

pain that originates in an internal organ and is felt in another region of the skin

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Phantom pain

pain felt in an area that no longer exists