Organ of Taste

Organ of taste - taste buds (tubercles), located on the surface of the tongue and on the sides of it, as well as throughout the mucous membrane of the mouth; perceives bitter, sweet, salty, sour and burning taste sensations; poorly developed humans and higher apes - apes of higher origin. Developed in ruminants and equid vertebrates; are also present in mammals of the order rodents, carnivores and (broad-nosed monkeys. In monkeys and humans, taste organs are