Gustation Flashcards

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gustation

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a chemical sense involved with taste

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flavor

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the perception of taste
- =taste + olfaction
- influenced by smell, intensity, mouth feel….

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retronasal olfactory sentation

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the sensation of an odor that is perceived when chewing and swallowing force an odorant in the mouth up behind the palate into the nose
- smells coming from mouth while eating

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what happens if we lose our taste but not our smell

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we still wont be able to taste

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chorda tympani

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the branch of cranial nerv 9 that carries taste info from the anterior, mobile tongue

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trigeminal sense

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the sense that signals the presence of irritant in the mouth and contribute to the mouth feel of food
- like spicy or menthol

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properties of taste

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  • onset/aftertaste
  • intensity
  • qualities (sweet, salty…)
  • hedonics
  • localization
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tastetants

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molecules that taste receptors recognize and respond to by producing neural signals that the brain represents as perceptions of different tastes
- they get dissolved in saliva

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salt

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  • contain cation and anion
  • it changes over time and the intensity can change
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sweet

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  • glucos, sucrose of fructose
  • one type of receptor for sweet food
  • artificial sweeteners also bind there
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sour

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  • comes from acidic substances
  • can be dangerous at high concentrations
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biter

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  • usually unpleasant
  • can signal toxic food
  • quinine is a prototypical biter substance
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umani

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  • savory flavor that typically indicates proteins
  • msgs
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papillae

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tiny structures on surfaces of th mouth mainly on the tongue that contain taste buds

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filiform

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papillae that have no taste buds

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circumvallate

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circular shaped structures that form a v shape on the back of the tongue
- we only have 8-12 of these but they have 200-700 tastebuds

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foliate

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  • folds of tissue containing taste buds on the rear of th tongue
  • small ridges on the back and side
  • few hundred buds in the folds
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fungiform

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  • mushroom shaped papillae distributed densely on the sides and tip of tongue
  • about 6 in each
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taste bud

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structures that contain receptors within the papillae
- each bud contain 40-100 taste receptor cells

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taste receptor cell

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elongated neurons packed within the taste buds that transduce tastants into neural signals
- contain cilia
- die after a week

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cilia

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slender projections on the tips of some taste buds that extend into the taste pore
- contain the binding sites

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receptor cells

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a type of trc that contains receptors that initate transduction of sweet, umami, and bitter
- g coupled
- one type of receptor on cilia

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presynaptic cells

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type of TRC that are in the form of ion channels that transduce salty and sour
- each neuron has a channel for both
- synapse with cranial nerve fibers

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inhibition
process where descending signals block pain reception in the mouth so we can still eat even when hurt
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two models of signal passage
1. labeled line model 2. across fiber pattern model
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labeled line model
each cranial nerve fiber carries information about a single taste quality from a single type of receptor
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across fiber pattern model
cranial nerve fibres carry information about combinations of taste qualities from multiple types of receptors - population coding
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cranial nerve in taste
7 9 and 10
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gustation pathway
cranial nerves - nucleus of the solitary tract in the brainstem - ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus - and then to the cortex - then to the amygdala, hippocampus or oFC
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primary taste cortex
- split between the anterior insular cortex and the frontal operculum - it represents taste quality
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amygdala
representation of emotion
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hypothalamus
representation of hunger
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orbitofrontal cortex (ofc)
representation of reward value of food
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specific hunger theory
the idea that a deficiency of a particular nutrient produces a craving for it - only for sweet and salty
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taste adaptation
constant application of certain foods temporarily weakens subsequent perception
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cross adaptation
taste of one food can affect the taste of another - sour gets worse after eating sweet
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supertaster
having the gene and a high density of fungiform papillae makes you habe the most intenst taste sensations
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orthonasal olfaction
smelling through the nostrils - good smells dont always make you want to eat it - can affect aversion
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capsaicin
- the chemical that produces the burn in chilis - binds to heat receptors - variability on people who like/dont like spicy foods