Gustatory system
The gustatory system is the sensory system for the sense of taste.
Function
The human body can be stimulated by certain things. This stimuli is measured by sensory receptors and the energy is converted to something our brain can understand. There are receptors in our tongue which can measure four main things.
Salt
This is the simplest receptor found in the mouth.
Sour
Bitter
Bitter tastes are important, since poisons are usually bitter and therefore we need to know whether or not to spit a bitter food out. This is the most complicated receptor found in the mouth.
Sweet
Food which has a lot of carbohydrates such as glucose are sweet.
Gustatory System Media
Schematic drawing of a taste bud
Taste buds and papillae of the human tongue
Taste receptors of the human tongue
Signal transduction of taste receptors
Active brain areas in taste perception
This diagram linearly (unless otherwise mentioned) tracks the projections of all known structures that allow for taste to their relevant endpoints in the human brain.
