dictionary help| gustatory bud --> taste bud | medical dictionary |
One of a number of flask-shaped cell nests located in the epithelium of vallate, fungiform, and foliate papillae of the tongue and also in the soft palate, epiglottis, and posterior wall of the pharynx; it consists of sustentacular, gustatory, and basal cells between which the intragemmal sensory nerve fibres terminate.
Synonyms: caliculus gustatorius, gustatory bud, Schwalbe's corpuscle, taste bulb, taste corpuscle.
(05 Mar 2000)
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