Lesson 5: Taste perception - from mouth to brain

Learning Intentions (What you need to know and be able to do)• Identify the major structures gustation system (Taste

receptors, taste buds, papillae, taste pores, gustatory hairs, primary gustatory cortex)

• Describe the biological processes in the gustation system (Using the terms Stimulus reception, transduction, perception)

Stimulus

Reception

Transduction

Perception

The five basic tastes

Also called savoury

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