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This organ in your mouth contains taste buds that detect flavors.
- Tongue
- Teeth
- Gums
- Palate
This basic taste is associated with sugar, honey, and ripe fruits.
- Sour
- Sweet
- Bitter
- Salty
This sense works closely with taste to create the full experience of flavor.
- Hearing
- Touch
- Smell
- Sight
This taste is detected when eating table salt or soy sauce.
- Umami
- Bitter
- Sour
- Salty
This part of the body contains olfactory receptors that detect odors.
- Nose
- Ears
- Eyes
- Mouth
Lemons, vinegar, and unripe fruits trigger this basic taste sensation.
- Sweet
- Sour
- Umami
- Salty
These small structures on the tongue contain the receptor cells that detect taste.
- Molars
- Saliva glands
- Taste buds
- Tonsils
Coffee, dark chocolate, and grapefruit share this taste quality that many children dislike.
- Bitter
- Sweet
- Sour
- Salty
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