Gustation

Question 1

Where are most of the taste buds distributed in ruminants?

Answer 1

Basis of tongue

Question 2

Where are most of the taste buds distributed in dogs?

Answer 2

Tip

Question 3

Where are most of the taste buds distributed in birds?

Answer 3

Poorly developed

Question 4

What type of receptor cells are taste receptor cells?

Answer 4

Secondary

Question 5

Which taste is from foods such as tomatoes, meat, cheese, soda sauce, flavor enchancers?

Answer 5

Umami

Question 6

What are the 5 tastes?

Answer 6

Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami

Question 7

Receptors for salty and sour are ______

Answer 7

Inotropic

Question 8

Receptors for sweet, bitter, and umami are __________

Answer 8

Metabotropic

Question 9

What binds to heat-sensitive channels?

Answer 9

Capsaicin

Question 10

What is used in cremes for muscle pains, strains, etc?

Answer 10

Capsaicin

Question 11

Which animals do not have highly sensitive salt receptors?

Answer 11

Dogs

Question 12

Which animals have a strong predilection for salty?

Answer 12

Ruminants

Question 13

Which cranial nerves have afferent fibers that synapse with neurons of the nucleus of the solitary tract that reach the thalamus and project to the cerebral cortex?

Answer 13

VII (facial)
IX (glossopharyngeal)

Question 14

What type of receptors do sweet use?

Answer 14

G-protein coupled receptors