Chapter 15.2, Problem 8AYP

Summary Introduction

To analyze:

The initiation of the action potential and the cells that it encounters on its way to the taste area of the cerebral cortex.

Introduction:

Taste hairs are the several hair-like structures present on the taste cell. These taste hairs extend to the opening called taste pores. These taste cells are replaced in the same way as the olfactory cells. The depolarization occurs by the binding of the tastants to the taste hair followed by the sensation of different tastes differently.