Receptors of Taste

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Is hippopotamus milk pink in color?

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How do we detect the smell of an incense stick?

1. Through our mid-brain

2. Through our fore-brain

3. All parts of the brain together help us detect the smell.

4. Through our hind-brain

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Why is there a difference in taste when nose is blocked?

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Cells on our tongue that receive stimulation of taste are known as

1. cones

2. filiform

3. taste buds

4. rods

Q.

Is Cnidaria diploblastic or triploblastic?

Q. Where are the structures known as papillae found?

1. Nasal cavity
2. Tongue
3. Ear canal
4. Skin

Q.

Buccopharyngeal present in ?

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Taste buds can only be found on the surface of the tongue.

1. True

2. False

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Name tht three types of papillae. Which of these bear taste buds?what is the role of third type.

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In the back of the tongue which sense of taste is recognized?

1. Sweet

2. Bitter

3. Salt

4. Sour Ear

Q. Identify the incorrect statement(s).

I. Tongue is made up of voluntary muscles.
II. Gustatoreceptors detect taste as well as smell of the food.
III. All the papillae contain taste buds.

1. I $\&$ II
2. II $\&$ III
3. III $\&$ I
4. III only

Q. The large round structures located at the back of tongue are called _____ papillae.

1. fungiform
2. filliform
3. circumvallate
4. foliate

Q. Each taste bud has a cavity called ______.

1. epithelial cells
2. taste pore
3. taste receptors
4. nerve fibres

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Taste sensations are primarily of:

1. 2 types

2. 4 types

3. 1 type

4. 3 types

Q.

Name 2 papillae type which contains taste bud and what is the role of the third one

Q.

An organ which is the most important articulator of speech is __________ .

1. tongue

2. papilla

3. pharynx

4. cochlea

Q. Very short answer type.
Give the exact location and function of epiglottis?

Q. We tend to lose the sense of taste after having food that is piping hot.

Conclusions :
I- Heat can interfere with flavour.
II- Pain masks our sense of taste.

1. Only conclusion I follows
2. Either I or II follows
3. Both I and II follow
4. Only conclusion II follows

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Choose the ODD one out of the following terms given and name the CATEGORY to which the others belong:

Aqueous humour, Vitreous humour, Iris, Central canal

Q. Taste buds are present on:

1. Behind the tongue
2. Small projection found on the lower surface of tongue
3. Small projection found on the upper surface of tongue
4. On both the surface of tongue

Q. Tranverse groove present in dinoflagellates is?

1. Sulcus
2. Annulus
3. Cingulum
4. Both (b) and (c)

Q. The function of tongue is to

1. Help in digestion of food
2. Help in mixing saliva with the food
3. None of the above
4. Help in the act of swallowing

Q. Taste receptors detect the taste by

1. G protein-coupled mechanism
2. Contractile mechanism
3. Feedback inhibition
4. None of the above

Q.

On which of these parts can we find photoreceptors?

1. Ear

2. Tongue

3. Skin

4. Eyes

Q. Taste buds are present in

1. Lips
2. Papillae
3. Glands
4. All of the above

Q.

Why is sense of smell important to our sense of flavour

Q. Which of the following is an extrinsic muscle of human tongue?

1. Hyoglossus
2. Palatoglossus
3. Styloglossus
4. All of the above

Q. Which of the lingual papillae is found in the front of the terminal sulcus of the tongue?

1. Foliate
2. Villate
3. Fungiform
4. Filiform

Q. Taste buds on the posterior side of tongue in humans can detect

1. Sour taste
2. Bitter taste
3. Sweet taste
4. Saltish taste

Q. Rough texture of the tongue is due to?

1. Muscosa
2. Tongue bud
3. Papillae
4. Receptor