Structure and Function of the Mouth

The sense of taste comes from.....

• The tonsils

• Receptor Cells

• Connective Tissue

• Nerve Fibres

What analyses the flavour?

• Taste Hairs

• Taste Pore

• Sensory Cells

• Brain

What send the information to the brain?

• Taste Pore

• Sensory Cells

• Taste Buds

• Nerve Fibres

Sweet tastes are detected.......

• At the very front of the tongue

• At the back of the tongue

• At the sides of the tongue

• In the middle of the tongue

Savoury/Umami flavours are detected.....

• At the very front of the tongue

• At the back of the tongue

• At the front sides of the tongue

• In the middle of the tongue

How many types of Papillea are there?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

The most numerous Papillea are......

• Fungiform

• Filiform

• Circumvallate

• Foliate

A taste bud is made up of....

• Hairs and Supporting Cells

• Basal and Hairs

• Supporting Cells and Hairs

• Basal and Supporting Cells

What responds to the five primary tastes?

• The Gustatory Receptor Cells

• The Basal

• Gustatory Hairs

• Saliva

What helps to break down food?

• Gustatory Cells

• Saliva

• Basal

• Taste Pore