Taste — (or, more formally, gustation) is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food and poisons. In humans and many other vertebrate animals the… … Wikipedia
taste bud — one of numerous small, flask shaped bodies, chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue, which are the end organs for the sense of taste. [1885 90] * * * ▪ anatomy small organ located on the tongue in terrestrial vertebrates (vertebrate) that… … Universalium
Receptor potential — Receptor potential, a type of graded potential, is the transmembrane potential difference of a sensory receptor. A receptor potential is often produced by sensory transduction. It is generally a depolarizing event resulting from inward current… … Wikipedia
taste cell — n a neuroepithelial cell that is located in a taste bud and is the actual receptor of the sensation of taste called also gustatory cell … Medical dictionary
taste bud — receptor on the tongue that perceives flavor … English contemporary dictionary
Taste bud — Infobox Anatomy Name = Taste bud Latin = caliculus gustatorius GraySubject = 222 GrayPage = 991 Caption = Semidiagrammatic view of a portion of the mucous membrane of the tongue. Two fungiform papillæ are shown. On some of the filiform papillæ… … Wikipedia
taste cell — noun an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve • Syn: ↑gustatory cell • Hypernyms: ↑epithelial cell • Part Holonyms: ↑tastebud, ↑taste bud, ↑gustatory… … Useful english dictionary
taste — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, affection, affinity, appetence, appetite, appreciate, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciativeness, apprehend, appropriateness, aroma, artistic judgment, assay, attribute, badge, bag, be aware… … Moby Thesaurus
Sensory receptor — In a sensory system, a sensory receptor is a structure that recognizes a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism. In response to stimuli the sensory receptor initiates sensory transduction by creating graded potentials or… … Wikipedia
Olfactory receptor — Olfactory receptors expressed in the cell membranes of olfactory receptor neurons are responsible for the detection of odor molecules. Activated olfactory receptors are the initial player in a signal transduction cascade which ultimately produces … Wikipedia
