TASTE / GUSTATION

Question 1

It is where receptors are found.

Answer 1

Taste buds

Question 2

How many taste buds are found in tongue, soft palate, pharynx, epiglottis

Answer 2

greater than 10 000

Question 3

What is the shape of taste buds?

Answer 3

Oval-shaped

Question 4

Where are taste buds found?

Answer 4

Papillae

Question 5

What are the 3 kinds of cells found in taste buds?

Answer 5

Supporting Cells
Gustatory Hair
Basal Cells

Question 6

What are the 4 types of Papillae?

Answer 6

Filiform
Foliate
Fungiform
Circumvallate

Question 7

Identify the type of Papillae described:

slender, threadlike structures spread throughout the tongue that contain tactile receptors

No taste buds
Give tongue a velvety appearance

Increases friction between tongue and food (mechanical function)

Answer 7

Filiform

Question 8

Identify the type of Papillae described:

Leaf like structure; well developed mucosal folds during childhood

Located inn the small trenches onn the lateral margin of the tongue

Contain about 2000 taste buds

Answer 8

Foliate

Question 9

Identify the type of Papillae described:

Mushroom shaped elevations interspersed between the filiform papillae

300-450 papillae

3-5 taste buds per papillae

Answer 9

Fungiform

Question 10

Identify the type of Papillae described:

Wall-like structure, forming an inverted V shaped row at the base of the tongue

10-12 papillae

50-150 taste buds per papillae