1. TASTE BUDS

2. What are taste buds?
Taste buds are sensory organs that are found on your tongue and allow you to experience taste that are sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.

3. Tongue bumps Called papillae, most contain taste buds.
Taste buds have tiny hairs called microvilli
Microvilli send signals to the brain about how something tastes.

4. TASTE BUD FACTS The average person has about 10,000 taste buds
Taste buds are replaced every 2 weeks
As a person ages, some of those taste cells don't get replaced.
An older person may only have 5,000 working taste buds
10% of taste buds are located on the roof of your mouth and your cheeks.

5. Taste bud under microscope

6. Tongue regions