6 Stages - Taste Flashcards
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Stage One - Taste
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Reception
Taste buds receives the chemicals present in food.
Approx 10,000 taste buds, lifespan 10 days.
2
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Stage Two - Taste
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Transduction
Receptor cells in taste buds known as ‘gustatory receptors’
Gustatory receptors convert chemical energy into electrochemical energy.
3
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Stage Three - Taste
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Transmission
Electrochemical energy in the form of neural impulses is sent to brain.
Hippocampus, Amygdala, Primary Somatosensory Cortex & Medulla
4
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Stage Four - Taste
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Selection
We choose which flavours to focus on.
5
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Stage Five - Taste
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Organisation
We put similar flavours together to make sense of them.
6
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Stage Six - Taste
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Interpretation
Our brain makes sense of the information.
