| NOUN | body | taste bud, tastebud, gustatory organ | an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue |
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| Meaning | An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue. | |
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| Synonyms | tastebud, gustatory organ | |
| Part of | epiglottis | A flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing |
| palate, roof of the mouth | The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities | |
| throat, pharynx | The passage to the stomach and lungs | |
| tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper | A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity | |
| Parts | neuroepithelium | epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings |
| taste cell, gustatory cell | An epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve | |
| Broader | chemoreceptor | A sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli |
| Spanish | órgano gustativo, papila gustativa, papila, tastebud | |
| Catalan | papil·la gustativa, tastebud | |
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