What is Taste bud?
{{Infobox microanatomy | Name = Taste buds | Latin = caliculus gustatererius | Image = 1402 The Tongue.jpg | Caption = Taste buds are small structures present within the [[lingual papillae|papillae]] of the tongue | System = [[Taste]] }} '''Taste buds''' are small 'bumps' on the [[tongue]]. They are the [[sense organ]]s which [[wikt:detect|detect]] the [[taste]] of things that go into the [[mouth]]. They are involved in detecting the five (known) elements of taste perception: [[salt]]y, [[wikt:sour|sour]], [[bitterness|bitter]], [[Sweet (taste)|sweet]], and [[umami]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.asha.org/about/publications/leader-online/archives/2002/q4/f021022a.htm Beyond the Tongue Map] * [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0020064 Taste Perception: Cracking the Code] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122212535/http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0020064 |date=2009-01-22 }} * [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4766647 Scientists Explore the Workings of Taste Buds] from National Public Radio's ''Talk of the Nation'', July 22, 2005 {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Sensory system]]