Label Taste Bud Diagram. The special sense of taste. It lies partly in the mouth cavity and partly in the oropharynx.
Label tongue taste areas diagram human anatomy the tongue is a strong muscle in the mouth that is covered with papillae small bumps on the tongue and taste buds that sense bitter salty sweet and sour tastes. Special senses modalities of sensation which require complex specialized receptor organs for detection. Currently five sub modalities tastes are recognized including sweet salty bitter sour and umami savory taste or the taste of protein.
In humans there are five or six.
The same paper included a taste bud distribution diagram that showed a taste belt. Label the tongue diagram. Currently five sub modalities tastes are recognized including sweet salty bitter sour and umami savory taste or the taste of protein. Taste buds contain the taste receptor cells which are also known as gustatory cells.