Human Anatomy (with the Fundamentals of Dynamic and Sports Morphology) - Ivanitsky M. F. 2008

The Doctrine of Sense Organs
The Organ of Taste

The ORGAN OF TASTE is represented by taste buds, which are ellipsoidal structures approximately 80 μm long and 40 μm wide. In humans, taste buds and their receptor apparatus are located primarily on the lateral walls of vallate papillae, as well as On the surface of Cytology/practical/100.html">Foliate papillae of the Tongue, and to a lesser extent on fungiform papillae and within the mucous membrane of the epiglottis, the posterior pharyngeal wall, and the soft palate.

Chemical stimuli perceived by the taste organ are transmitted as impulses via the fibers of the facial and glossopharyngeal nerves, first to the Rhomboid fossa to the nuclei of these nerves, then to the thalamus, and finally to the cortex of the parahippocampal gyrus, where the gustatory center is located.



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