Question

Please match term with descriptor. Realize that some answers may not be used, while others may be used more than once.

a. taste pore

b. taste sensor

c. microvilli

d. papillae

1. _d____ prominences

2. __a___ opening in lingual epithelial housing taste sensors

3. __b___ chemoreceptors

4. __c___ projections from the taste sensor

5. _____ sense nature of molecule

6. __c___ hold molecule of food in position

Answer 1

1. Prominences can be matched to papillae. These are finger-like projections or prominences seen on the epithelium of tongue.

2. An opening in the epithelium of tongue which helps not only in isolating taste but also identifies the same is taste pore.

3. Taste sensors which are perhaps the taste receptors are also called chemoreceptors.

4. Microvilli are projections that look like small fibers and are seen projecting from the taste sensor.

5. It is the chemoreceptors that sense the nature of molecules of substances that we consume.

6. It is the taste pore that holds molecules of a food substance in position.