Taste And Smell Flashcards
1
Q
Four basic tastes for which there are taste receptors on the tongue.
A
Sweet Sour Bitter Salty Umami
2
Q
What makes up “taste” of food
A
Smell
Taste receptors
3
Q
Sweet
A
Sucrose(sugar)
Fructose(corn syrup)
4
Q
Sour
A
Acidic acid(vinegar)
5
Q
Bitter
A
Quinine(in tonic)
Sulfate
6
Q
Salty
A
Sodium chloride(salt)
7
Q
Umami
A
Savory(monosodium glutamate(MSG)
8
Q
Chemoreceptors
A
Direct: the five mean on the tongue
Indirect: nose
