Editing Tongue (section)

====Taste====
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Chemicals that stimulate [[taste receptor]] cells are known as [[Gustatory cortex#Tastant concentration-dependent neuronal activity|tastants]]. Once a tastant is dissolved in [[saliva]], it can make contact with the [[plasma membrane]] of the gustatory hairs, which are the sites of taste [[transduction (physiology)|transduction]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Tortora | first1 = Gerard J. | first2 = Bryan H. | last2 = Derrickson | title = Principles of Anatomy and Physiology | edition = 12th | chapter = 17 | page = 602 | publisher = Wiley | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0470084717}}</ref>

The tongue is equipped with many [[taste buds]] on its [[Anatomical terms of location|dorsal]] surface, and each taste bud is equipped with taste receptor cells that can sense particular classes of tastes. Distinct types of taste receptor cells respectively detect substances that are sweet, bitter, salty, sour, spicy, or taste of [[umami]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Silverhorn | first1 = Dee Unglaub | title = Human Physiology: An integrated approach | edition = 5th | chapter = 10 | page = 352 | publisher = Benjamin Cummings | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-0321559807}}</ref> Umami receptor cells are the least understood and accordingly are the type most intensively under research.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Schacter | first1 = Daniel L. | first2 = Daniel Todd | last2 = Gilbert | first3 = Daniel M. | last3 = Wegner | chapter = Sensation and Perception | title = Psychology | url = https://archive.org/details/psychology0000scha_e2x8 | url-access = limited | edition = 2nd | location = New York | publisher = Worth | year = 2009 | page = [https://archive.org/details/psychology0000scha_e2x8/page/166 166]| isbn = 9780716752158 }}</ref> There is a [[common misconception]] that different sections of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different [[basic taste]]s. Although widely taught in schools in the form of the [[tongue map]], this is incorrect; all taste sensations come from all regions of the tongue, although certain parts are more sensitive to certain tastes.<ref name=times>{{cite news|date=November 10, 2008 |title=The Claim: The tongue is mapped into four areas of taste |first=Anahad |last=O'Connor |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/health/11real.html?_r=1 |accessdate=June 24, 2011}}</ref>