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Tastes and Odors

Uniform distribution of taste receptors (the myth of the tongue map)

Uniform distribution of taste receptors (the myth of the tongue map)

Humans detect taste using receptors called taste buds. Each of these receptors is specially adapted to determine one type of taste sensation. Recent evidence suggests that taste receptors are uniformly distributed across the tongue; thus, this traditional tongue map is no longer valid.

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