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taste bud

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001727

A specialized receptor organ that is a collection of cells spanning the gustatory epithelium. [ http://periowiki.wikispot.org/Taste_bud_histology ]

Synonyms: tastebud

Term info

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Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002467

UBPROP 0000001

A chemoreceptive organ.[AAO], One of a number of receptor cell nests located in the epithelium of the papillae of the tongue and in the soft palate, epiglottis, and pharynx that mediate the sense of taste. [TFD][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000003

Experients in amphibia have shown that an intrinsic feature of the pharyngeal endoderm is its ability to generate taste buds and this capacity must have been acquired by the endoderm at the origin of the vertebrates.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000008

In humans, saste buds may be found on the tongue, soft palatte, epiglottis and upper pharynx. In other species they may be found in more unusual places, such as the trunk, or on the barbels or fins of fish.

UBPROP 0000011

arise by inductive interactions between epithelial cells and invading gustatory cells from chorda tympani (facial), glossophrayngeal and vagues nerves ISBN:1607950324 (todo - request cell terms from CL)

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Gray1018.png

has related synonym

taste buds, taste-bud, tastebuds, caliculus gustatorius

id

UBERON:0001727

prefLabel

Taste bud