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Taste bud

Taste buds are clusters of taste receptor cells, which are also known as gustatory cells. The taste receptors are located around the small structures known as papillae found on the upper surface of the tongue, soft palate, upper esophagus, the cheek, and epiglottis.

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FMA
54825
Latin
caliculus gustatererius
MeSH
D013650
NeuroLex ID
birnlex_4101
System
Taste
TA2
7037

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Types of papillae

Cell composition

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Taste bud

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples36
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Taste bud

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related to Types of papillae · 10
Taste bud → Circumvallate, Filiform, Foliate, Fungiform, Innervated, The, There, These, They, Von Ebner's
related to External links · 6
Taste bud → July, Nation, National Public Radio's Talk, Scientists Explore, Taste Buds, Workings
related to Cell composition · 5
Taste bud → Bitter, Ca2, Salt, Some, The
related to Type II taste bud cell · 4
Taste bud → G-protein, II, The, They
related to Type I taste bud cell · 3
Taste bud → In, The, They
FMA · 1
Taste bud → 54825
Latin · 1
Taste bud → caliculus gustatererius
MeSH · 1
Taste bud → D013650
NeuroLex ID · 1
Taste bud → birnlex_4101
System · 1
Taste bud → Taste

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taste tongue cells buds papillae bud gustatory receptors receptor type small structures umami cell nerve found surface different clusters known

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Taste budFMA548251.00infobox
Taste budLatincaliculus gustatererius1.00infobox
Taste budMeSHD0136501.00infobox
Taste budNeuroLex IDbirnlex_41011.00infobox
Taste budSystemTaste1.00infobox
Taste budTA270371.00infobox
Taste budTA98A15.4.00.0021.00infobox
Taste budTHH3.04.01.0.02116, H3.04.01.0.030131.00infobox
Taste budrelated to Cell compositionThe0.60section
Taste budrelated to Cell compositionSome0.60section
Taste budrelated to Cell compositionSalt0.60section
Taste budrelated to Cell compositionBitter0.60section

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