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taste bud — one of numerous small, flask shaped bodies, chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue, which are the end organs for the sense of taste. [1885 90] * * * ▪ anatomy small organ located on the tongue in terrestrial vertebrates (vertebrate) that… … Universalium
taste hairs — clumps of microvilli that form short hairlike processes projecting into the lumen of a taste pore from the peripheral ends of the taste cells. Taste hairs protruding from the pore of a taste bud … Medical dictionary
taste bud — n an end organ that mediates the sensation of taste, lies chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue and esp. in the walls of the circumvallate papillae, and consists of a conical or flask shaped mass made up partly of supporting cells and partly of … 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
taste bud — noun an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue • Syn: ↑tastebud, ↑gustatory organ • Hypernyms: ↑chemoreceptor • Part Holonyms: ↑tongue, ↑lingua, ↑ … Useful english 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
chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by … Universalium
porus — SYN: sweat pore. SEE ALSO: opening. [L. fr. G. poros, passageway] p. acusticus externus [TA] SYN: external acoustic pore. p. acusticus internus SYN: internal acoustic pore. p. crotaphytico buccinatorius an occasional foramen in the sphenoid … Medical dictionary
Chemosensory clusters — are aggregates formed by a small number of chemosensory cells with characteristics similar to those found in the taste cells of the oro pharyngeal cavity. The chemosensory clusters are similar to the taste buds but are smaller, resembling the… … Wikipedia
porus gustatorius — [TA] gustatory pore: the small opening of a taste bud onto the surface of the tongue. Called also taste pore … Medical dictionary
