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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