Beginner Taste Buds Quiz

Q1. What are taste buds?

• Lymphatic follicles
• Small skeletal muscles
• Specialized epithelial sensory structures
• Mucous salivary glands

Q2. Which cells within a taste bud detect dissolved taste substances?

• Gustatory receptor cells
• Red blood cells
• Osteocytes
• Chondrocytes

Q3. Through which opening do tastants reach the apical ends of taste receptor cells?

• Incisive canal
• Foramen cecum
• Taste pore
• Lingual foramen

Q4. What projects from gustatory receptor cells into the taste pore?

• Motile cilia
• Myelin sheaths
• Flagella
• Microvilli

Q5. Which lingual papillae normally lack taste buds?

• Foliate papillae
• Fungiform papillae
• Filiform papillae
• Circumvallate papillae

Q6. Which papillae contain numerous taste buds along the walls of their surrounding trenches?

• Palatine rugae
• Filiform papillae
• Conical papillae
• Circumvallate papillae

Q7. Which nerve carries taste from most of the anterior two-thirds of the tongue?

• Chorda tympani
• Hypoglossal nerve
• Inferior alveolar nerve
• Accessory nerve

Q8. Which nerve carries taste from most of the posterior one-third of the tongue?

• Glossopharyngeal nerve, CN IX
• Hypoglossal nerve, CN XII
• Facial nerve, CN VII
• Mandibular nerve, CN V3

Q9. Are taste buds limited exclusively to the tongue?

• No, they occur mainly inside salivary glands
• Yes, they occur only on the dorsal tongue
• No, they also occur at several other oropharyngeal sites
• Yes, they occur only in circumvallate papillae

Q10. Which cells contribute to replacement of aging cells within taste buds?

• Basal cells
• Erythrocytes
• Chondroblasts
• Motor neurons