Taste

Question	Answer
Five Basic Tastes	Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Savour (umami)
Gustatory receptors are located	in taste buds and surface of taste papillae
Each taste corresponds to	a specific type of taste receptor which sets off a G protein reaction, causing the neuron to depolarise and fire action potentials
Sweet Tastes	correspond to specialised receptor proteins which bind to sugar
Salty tastes	detect concentration of sodium ions
Sour tastes	detect concentration of hydrogen ions
Bitter tastes	have specialised receptor proteins which bind to a variety of substances
Savoury tastes (umami)	respond to amino acids (glutamate)
Information about taste is transmitted from	taste receptors to the thalamus and gustatory cortex in the insula

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