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Taste (Papillae (types (vallate (largest and least numerous, located in…

- - - - largest and least numerous
      - located in inverted v towards back of tounge
      - contain taste buds
    - - Mushroom shaped
      - Spread over the tongue
      - contain taste buds
    - - shaped like cones
      - tiny projections in the back of mouth
      - tactile pressure: texture
    - - located in epithelial side walls
      - contain taste buds
  - - - basal epithelial cells
        
        stem cells, differentiate into new gustatory epithelial cells
      - gustatory epithelial cells
        
        receptor cells for taste
        
        gustatory hairs on membrane
        
        transduces stimuli
        
        contain receptor membranes
        
        dendrites that act as initial part of gustatory pathway
      - supporting cells
        
        protect and support