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Flashcards by lauradavies94, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by lauradavies94
about 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Five Basic Tastes | Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Savour (umami) |
| Gustatory receptors are located | in taste buds and surface of taste papillae |
| Each taste corresponds to | a specific type of taste receptor which sets off a G protein reaction, causing the neuron to depolarise and fire action potentials |
| Sweet Tastes | correspond to specialised receptor proteins which bind to sugar |
| Salty tastes | detect concentration of sodium ions |
| Sour tastes | detect concentration of hydrogen ions |
| Bitter tastes | have specialised receptor proteins which bind to a variety of substances |
| Savoury tastes (umami) | respond to amino acids (glutamate) |
| Information about taste is transmitted from | taste receptors to the thalamus and gustatory cortex in the insula |
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