Chapter 15: Taste

Question 1

taste bud

Answer 1

supporting cells surrounding taste. Also called “gustatory cells.”

Question 2

gustation

Answer 2

the physiological term for taste.

Question 3

gustatory cells

Answer 3

have microvilli that extend into taste pores

Question 4

papillae

Answer 4

the bumps and grooves on the tongue

Question 5

what are the four types of papillae

Answer 5

filiform: no taste buds and most abundant

vallate: the largest and least numerous. Only about 8-12 along the border between the anterior and posterior part of the tongue.

fungiform: leaf-shaped. in the folds on the side of the tongue. Most sensitive types of taste buds.

foliate: mushroom shaped. Looking like red dots scattered among the filiform. Has taste buds.

Question 6

what are the five types of taste

Answer 6

sour

sweet

bitter

umami

salty

Question 7

what other aspects affect taste

Answer 7

temperature/cooking

texture

olfaction (smell)

Question 8

which cranial nerves have the sense of taste?

Answer 8

7 and 9

Question 9

chorda tympani

Answer 9

carries taste sensation from the first 1/3 of the anterior portion of the tongue

Question 10

glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer 10

carries taste from posterior part of the tongue

Question 11

vagus nerve

Answer 11

carries taste sensation from the epiglottis