- gustatory cells
- taste c's.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
gustatory cells
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gustatory hallucination — Also known as gustatory phantasma and hallucination of taste. The term gustatory hallucination is indebted to the Latin noun gustus,which means taste. It is used to denote a taste sensation occurring in the absence of an appropriate tas tant.… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Gustatory system — The gustatory system is the sensory system for the sense of taste. Importance Humans require a way to distinguish between safe and dangerous foods. Bitter and sour foods we find unpleasant, while salty, sweet, and meaty tasting foods generally… … Wikipedia
gustatory 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: ↑taste cell • Hypernyms: ↑epithelial cell • Part Holonyms: ↑tastebud, ↑taste bud, ↑gustatory organ … Useful english dictionary
taste cells — the cells in a taste bud that have gustatory receptors and are thus directly involved in taste; they undergo degeneration and replacement every few days. Called also gustatory c s … Medical 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
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
pore — 1. An opening, hole, perforation, or foramen. A p., meatus, or foramen. SEE ALSO: opening. 2. SYN: sweat p.. SEE ALSO: opening, meatus, foramen. [G. poros, passageway] alveolar pores openings in the … Medical dictionary
Geschmacksempfindung — Schematische Darstellung einer Geschmacksknospe Der Geschmackssinn (auch Gustatorik, Schmecken oder gustatorische Wahrnehmung) ist der chemische Nahsinn, der der Kontrolle der aufgenommenen Nahrung dient. Bitterer und saurer Geschmack weisen auf… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Geschmacksinn — Schematische Darstellung einer Geschmacksknospe Der Geschmackssinn (auch Gustatorik, Schmecken oder gustatorische Wahrnehmung) ist der chemische Nahsinn, der der Kontrolle der aufgenommenen Nahrung dient. Bitterer und saurer Geschmack weisen auf… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Geschmacksrichtung — Schematische Darstellung einer Geschmacksknospe Der Geschmackssinn (auch Gustatorik, Schmecken oder gustatorische Wahrnehmung) ist der chemische Nahsinn, der der Kontrolle der aufgenommenen Nahrung dient. Bitterer und saurer Geschmack weisen auf… … Deutsch Wikipedia
