Question

There are _____ taste buds. Each of these contains _____ taste receptors

Answer 1

5; 5,000 to 10,000




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Answer 2

Approx 8000 to 10,000 taste buds are present and these contains five taste receptors.

Explanation:

Taste buds have microscopic hairs called microvilli which is very sensitive. These tiny hairs sends message to the brain about various tastes. So we may know different taste like it is salty, sour, bitter or sweet.The human tongue have 8000 to 10,000(approx.) taste buds are present.

There are five taste receptors are present on the taste buds like sweet, salty, bitter, sour and umami. Both sour and salty taste detected through ion channel, while sweet, bitter and umami taste is detected by G-proteins coupled taste receptor.