Taste perception involves stimulus reception by taste receptors in taste buds located on papillae in the tongue. This stimulation is transduced by gustatory neurons into neural signals that travel to the primary gustatory cortex in the brain for perception of the five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.

1. Lesson 5: Taste perception - from mouth to brain

2. Learning Intentions (What you need to know and be
able to do)
• Identify the major structures gustation system (Taste
receptors, taste buds, papillae, taste pores, gustatory
hairs, primary gustatory cortex)
• Describe the biological processes in the gustation
system (Using the terms Stimulus reception,
transduction, perception)

3. Stimulus

4. Reception

5. Transduction

6. Perception

7. The five basic tastes
Also called savoury

8. Exit Question