Taste+Vocabulary

__tongue__ - a group of muscles that is the main organ for the sense of taste __taste buds__ -your tongue is covered with seveal thousand of these that pick up or receive taste __saliva__ - liquid inside your mouth that helps dissolve your food __taste pores__ - openings in the taste buds __receptor cells__ - they send signals to the brain's taste center __sweet__ - sugary taste, the taste buds for sweet are located on the tip of the tongue __salty__ - taste buds for salty (like chips or crackers) are located on the front sides of the tongue, __sour__ - taste buds for sour (like lemon juice) are located on the back sides of the tongue __bitter__ - taste buds for bitter (like almonds or baking soda) are located near the back of the tongue __smell__ - the sense that helps with the sense of taste