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| Five sites where receptors for taste are found |
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| Tongue papillae, epigliottis, pharynx, soft palate, cheek mucosa |
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| Cellular makeup and arrangement of taste bud |
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| A structure consisting of centrally located gustatory (receptor) cells surrounded by suppoting cells |
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| G protein, gustducin resulting in increased intracellular levels of Ca2+ |
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Mediated by hydrogenious (H+) and blockade of K+
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| G protein, gustducin causes K+ channels to close |
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