TASTE BUDS

NAME: DRONADULA, PRASANNA KUMAR

CLINICAL CLERK
AMEC-BCCM
TASTE
 Sensation produced when a substance in mouth reacts with taste buds is called TASTE.

 Five basic tastes:-

1. Sweet
2. Sour
3. Salty
4. Bitter and
5. Umami
TASTE BUDS
 Taste buds are present on the upper surface of the
tongue, Soft palate, upper esophagus and epiglottis.

 Taste buds have ability to respond to dissolved

molecules and ions is called tastants.

 Taste receptor cells cluster to form taste buds

(papillae).
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 Taste buds are present on papillae raised
protrusions.
 There are 4 types :
1. Fungiform
2. Filiform
3. Foliate
4. Circumvallate
 Information about taste is transmitted to brain by:
1. Facial (CN VII)
2. Glossopharyngeal (CN IX)
3. Vagus nerve (CN X)
LINGUAL PAPILLAE
FILIFORM PAPILLAE :
 These are the most numerous of the lingual papillae.
 They are fine, small, cone-shaped papillae covering most of the dorsum
of the tongue.
 They are responsible for giving the tongue its texture and are
responsible for the sensation of touch.
 Unlike the other kinds of papillae, filiform papillae do not contain taste
buds.
FILIFORM PAPILLAE
 They cover most of the front two-thirds of the tongue’s surface.
LINGUAL PAPILLAE
FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE :
 These  are club shaped projections on the tongue, generally red in
color.
 They are found on the tip of the tongue, scattered amongst the
filiform papillae, but are mostly present on the tip and sides of the
tongue.
 They have taste buds on their upper surface which can distinguish
the five tastes: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter and Umami.
FUNGIFORM PAPILLAE
 They have a core of connective tissue.
LINGUAL PAPILLAE
FOLIATE PAPILLAE :
 These are short vertical folds and are present on each side of
the tongue.
 They are located on the sides at the back of the tongue.
 There are four or five vertical folds, and their size and shape is
variable.
 The foliate papillae appear as a series of red colored, leaf–like
ridges of mucosa.
 They are covered with epithelium, lack keratin and so are
softer, and bear many taste buds.
 They are usually bilaterally symmetrical.
LINGUAL PAPILLAE
CIRCUMVALLATE PAPILLAE :
 These are dome-shaped structures on the human tongue that
vary in number from 8 to 12.
 They are situated on the surface of the tongue immediately in
front of the foramen cecum and sulcus terminalis, forming a
row on either side; the two rows run backward and medially,
and meet in the midline.
 Each papilla consists of a projection of mucous membrane
from 1 to 2 mm. wide, attached to the bottom of a circular
depression of the mucous membrane; the margin of the CIRCUMVALLATE PAPILLAE
depression is elevated to form a wall (vallum).
TASTE BUDS
 About 50-150 taste cells found in a taste bud
 These cells represent all 4 tastes
 Single taste cell restricted to only single type of receptor
 Taste buds have 3 types of cells:
1. Supporting cells
2. Sensory cells
3. Basal cells
 Taste buds has a pore that opens out to the surface of
tongue.