Special Senses: Taste

small projections that house taste buds on the tounge and detect the savory taste

• epiglottis

• vallate papillae

• frenulum

• lingual tonsil

which region of the tongue detects sourness most prominently

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

which disease makes it hard for you to detect most tastes?

• ageusia

• dysgeusia

• hypogeusia

• phantogeusia

which part of the tongue detects the least amount of taste?

• tip

• back

• right and left sides

• middle

taste is the strongest sense we has

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

• Loss of appetite, high blood pressure, oral health problems are symptoms of which disease?

• Ageusia

• • Phantogeusia

• Dysgeusia

• Hypogeusia

the sweet taste is detected in the ______ of the tounge.

which cranial nerve is not linked to taste?

• facial nerve

• glossopharyngeal nerve

• radial nerve

• vagus nerve

how many regions of taste does the tounge have

• 2

• 4

• 5

• 6

The epiglottis is located where on the diagram on the tongue

• superior to the apex

• inferior to the apex