Question

Which receptor is responsible for taste and where it is located?

Answer 1

1. Brain contains receptors for the analysis of information related to hearing, smell, taste and touch.
2. Gustatory receptors are present in the buccal cavity to detect taste.
3. The gustatory cortex or the primary gustatory cortex is the region of the cerebral cortex responsible for the perception of taste and flavor.
4. It consists of the anterior insula on the insular lobe and the frontal operculum on the frontal lobe.
5. It is present at the cerebral lobes of the cerebrum in the forebrain.

Thus, receptor responsible for taste is gustatory lobe.