Gustation (Taste)

Question 1

taste buds are ( ) cells

Answer 1

modified epithelial

Question 2

taste bud anatomy: what is at the top?

Answer 2

microvilli

Question 3

taste bud anatomy: there is a ( ) down the center of a group of cells

Answer 3

pore

Question 4

salt and sour ions are detected by receptors that are ion channels that depolarize the cell. what are the ions, respectively?

Answer 4

Na+ (salt) & H+ (sour)

Question 5

posterior third of the tongue is innvervated by what nerve?

Answer 5

glossopharyngeal (IX)

Question 6

the anterior two-thirds of the tongue are innervated by what nerve?

Answer 6

facial nerve (VII)

Question 7

umami

Answer 7

monosodium glutamate and G-protein

Question 8

Sweet and bitter are detected by what?

Answer 8

G-protein coupled receptors

Question 9

The G-protein is called ( )

Answer 9

gustducin