Small sensory organs which contain gustatory receptor cells, basal cells, and supporting cells. Taste buds in humans are found in the epithelia of the tongue, palate, and pharynx. They are innervated by the CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE (a branch of the facial nerve) and the GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE.
    

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Tongue, taste bud on fungiform papilla. SEM

Tongue, ?taste bud. SEM

SEM Taste bud on fungiform papilla, close-up

SEM Taste bud, close-up

Tongue, including taste bud. SEM

Flavor : the science of our most neglected sense / Bob Holmes.

SEM, Taste bud on fungiform papilla.

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Flavor : the science of our most neglected sense / Bob Holmes.

SEM, Taste bud on fungiform papilla.

Tongue, including taste bud. SEM

Tongue, including taste bud. SEM

Tongue, taste bud on fungiform papilla. SEM