Food behavior in relation to plant chemistry

Question 1

phenylthiocarbamide

Answer 1

tastes extremely bitter to some and not to others, determined by a single gene which codes for a taste receptor on your tongue

Question 2

sensory perception

Answer 2

The ability to understand and interact with the environment using senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch.
- differs between individuals

Question 3

taste

Answer 3

perceive or experience the flavor of, determined by the number of fungi papillae present on the tongue

Question 4

taste bud

Answer 4

• each are composed of 50-100 taste cells representing all 5 taste sensations
• each taste cell has receptors on it apical surface
• a single taste cell seems to be restricted to expressing only a single type of receptor (except for bitter receptors)
• taste receptor cells are connected, through an ATP-releasing synapse, to a sensory neuron leading back to the brain
• however, a single sensory neuron can be connected to several taste cells in each of the several different taste buds

Question 5

taste perception

Answer 5

occurs in the mouth when a substance reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds or papillae. super, average, & non taster.