Taste and consumption of food

Pregunta	Respuesta
What are the four main functions of the palate?	Taste Consumption of food Respiration Speech
What are the five different taste sensations?	Salty Sweet Bitter Sour Unami
What are the taste papillae called on the palate?	Palate papillae
What papillae are the palate papillae similar to on the tongue?	Fungiform papillae
What is the main innervation for taste in the soft palate?	Greater petrosal nerve
Out of the five taste sensations, what is the soft palate most sensitive too?	Sweet
What structures are involved in forming the bolus of food?	Hard palate Tongue Teeth Lips Saliva
Which part of the hard palate initiates the transport of food when the tongue makes contact with it?	Incisive papillae
What is the mechanism called in stage II transport?	"squeeze-back" mechanism
Is the soft palate elevated or depressed during mastication?	Depressed
What muscles depress the soft palate?	Palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus
What muscles elevate the soft palate?	Levator veli palatini and musculus uvulae

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