Taste Sense Anatomy

What are the elevations on the tongue that are associated with taste?

• Papillae

• Taste buds

• Taste pores

• Taste hairs

What are the organs that contain receptors associated with the sense of taste?

• Taste buds

• Smell buds

• Papillae

• Umami

Which word means pertaining to the sense of taste?

• Olfactory

• Gustatory

• Auditory

• Windatory

Which structures are located in taste buds and have sensory receptors?

• Papillae

• Taste/gustatory cells

• Smell cells

• Olfactory cells

What are the openings in taste buds called?

• Taste pores

• Taste holes

• Taste indentations

• Taste hairs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What protrude from the taste pores?

• Taste hairs/microvilli

• Fingers

• Tentacles

• Taste buds

What happens when a receptor cell is stimulated?

• Gag reflex is initiated

• The hairs move back and forth from excitement

• Nothing

• An impulse is triggered on a nearby nerve fiber

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What do gustatory cells respond to?

• Chemicals dissolved in mucus

• Chemicals dissolved in saliva

• Dry chemicals

• Wind gusts

How many taste sensations does each taste cell respond to?

• 1

• 2

• 0

• All 5

How long do taste cells function for before being replaced?

• 4 months

• 3 months

• 4 days

• 3 days