Look up: taste-bud

1. taste bud
   Type: Term Definitions: 1. one of a number of flask-shaped cell nests located in the epithelium of vallate, fungiform, and foliate papillae of the tongue and also in the soft palate, epiglottis, and posterior wall of the pharynx; it consists of sustentacular, gustatory, and basal cells between which...
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2. Taste bud
   Taste bud: One of the tiny, barrel-shaped endings of the gustatory nerve located around the base of the papillae (small bumps) on the tongue.
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3. taste bud
   One of a number of flask-shaped cell nests located in the epithelium of vallate, fungiform, and foliate papillae of the tongue and also in the soft palate, epiglottis, and posterior wall of the pharynx; it consists of sustentacular, gustatory, and basal cells between which the intragemmal sensory ne...
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4. taste bud
   (from the article `sensory reception, human`) The sensory structures for taste in man are the taste buds, clusters of cells contained in goblet-shaped structures (papillae) that open by a small ... Tasting occurs chiefly on the tongue through the taste buds. The taste buds are stimulated by four fundamental taste sensations—sweet, ...
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5. taste bud
   An organ containing the chemocreceptors associated with the sense of taste.
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6. taste bud
   An organ containing the chemocreceptors associated with the sense of taste.
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7. Taste bud
   <BR> --> `Taste buds` contain the receptors for taste. They are located around the small structures on the upper surface of the tongue, soft palate, upper esophagus and epiglottis, which are called papillae. These structures are involved in detecting the five (known) elements of taste perception:...
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8. tastebud
   [n] - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
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9. tastebud
   taste bud noun an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
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