By Team Aakash Byju's
The Tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth covered with thousands of taste buds.
Taste buds are sensory organs present on the tongue which allow you to taste different things.
Taste buds have taste receptor cells, which are also named Gustatory cells.
Taste receptors are found in small structures called Papillae on the upper surface of the tongue.
There are four different kinds of papillae found, each of which is described below:
The most common papillae, cover the tongue's surface layer and do not include taste buds.
These are mushroom-shaped structures that can be seen on the dorsum of the tongue's anterior identified as reddish dots.
Also known as Vallate papillae, these are located on the backside of your tongue, containing over 100 taste buds each.
These are short vertical folds and are found on each side of the tongue.
Taste buds are made up of two types of excitable cells and a glia-like cell, each with its own set of functions.
Basic taste features are detected by the G protein-coupled type 1 and type 2 taste receptors as well as by additional receptors and ion channels.
There are five taste buds on the human tongue that may be identified as:
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