Flavor and Taste

There are polymodal nociceptors all over our bodies that help detect heat/cold.

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• False

Spicy is a taste.

• True

• False

3 factors that influence flavor and taste are social events, mood, beliefs/values/culture

• True

• False

Biologically taste exists to help us feel happy.

• True

• False

Flavor involves taste, temperature, texture, and smell.

• True

• False

We only have 5 tastes: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami.

• True

• False

Your mouth and tongue have taste hairs to help you enjoy food.

• True

• False

The cells inside of your taste buds are arranged like the inside of a pear.

• True

• False

X-Glutamate is an amino acid found in Umami.

• True

• False

Umami means yummy or savory; it was discovered in 1809

• True

• False