Taste perception|Gustatory perception

http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_1912

true

* Taste; the faculty of taste, distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds. (NCI) * The sensation or perception of certain qualities of substances put in the mouth, primarily sweet, sour, salt and bitter. (MSH) * The series of events required for an organism to receive a gustatory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Gustation involves the direct detection of chemical composition, usually through contact with chemoreceptor cells. [GO:ai, http://www.onelook.com/] (GO) * sense effected by the gustatory receptors in the tongue; primarily sweet, sour, salty and bitter. (CSP)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?field=uid&term=D013649

umlsCUI:C0039336|meshUID:D013649

Taste sensation

2007-08-22

Taste sensation

birnlex_1912

Taste sensation

false

Taste perception|Gustatory perception

http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_1889