Gastration/Taste

Chemical stimuli: Tastants

Lingual Papillae:

1. Visible bumps on tongue/Not taste buds

2. Function: Aid in tongue’s movement of food, sense a food’s texture (mouthfeel)

3. Location: Most abundant on the tongue/tip of

Taste Buds

1. Resemble garlic bulb

2. Contain

   1. Taste cells

      1. Have microvilli or taste hairs

      2. Receptors for tastants

      3. Go into a taste pore that lead to the surface of the tongue, where they interact with dissolved food chemicals.

   2. Basal cells

      1. Stem cells

      2. Multiply to replace dead taste cells

      3. Sensory info processing before brain