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Taste receptor

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What are Taste Receptors? How Does it Work? Animation

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Taste

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Taste: Anatomy and Physiology, Animation

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Sensory transduction by a taste receptor

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The Sense of Taste - How Does it Work? Senses For Kids

A taste receptor is a type of receptor which facilitates the sensation of taste. When food or other substances enter the mouth, molecules interact with saliva and are bound to taste receptors in the oral cavity and other locations. Molecules which give a sensation of taste are considered "sapid".