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Name ___Julia Kuehn______________________________ Pd ___6__ Date _2-4-14 ______ Post-Lab: 1. What are the 4 types of papillae, where are they located, and which contain taste buds? The four types of papillae are foliate, located in the back, circumyallate, located toward the back, fungiform, located across the top front and middle of the tongue, and filiform, located across the top. Three of these papillae contain taste buds. 2. What fraction of the tongue surface is receptive to taste? The sides and back of the tongue surface are most receptive to taste, per our lab results. . What taste!s" is detected in the center of the tongue? #or my tongue, no taste was detected in the center. 4. $itterness can be detected at 1 part per million while sweetness is detected at a concentration of 1 part in 2%%. Why is it important for you to be more sensitive to a bitter taste? &t is important to be more sensitive to a bitter taste because bitter tasting foods usually are not beneficial for people. '. (ow well does the class reflect the general population in its taste capabilities? )enerally speaking, the class reflected that the general population contains average tasters. (owever, it was unrepresentative of the non*tasters and supertasters. +. What is a supertaster? !http,--health.howstuffworks.com-human*body-systems-nose* throat-taste4.htm" . supertaster is a person who is more sensitive to certain tastes than others. This is because of the presence of the dominant allele for the gene T./2021. 2. What percentage of the class fall into the 3super*taster4 category? (ow does this compare to the national average? &n our class, not one person fell under the 3super*taster4 category. This is unrepresentative of the national average, where 2'5 of people are supertasters.
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Referen es: 1. /cience 0ocks A Tongue 8ap. http,--pbskids.org-Coom-activities-sci-tonguemap.html 2. Taste !)ustation". http,--faculty.washington.edu-chudler-chtaste.html . (ow can you tell if you are a supertaster? http,--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-health-211%421.stm
%aterials Needed: 15 sucrose !table sugar" solution 15 sodium chloride !table salt" solution 15 lemon Duice solution Tonic water /mall disposable cups ;otton swabs &ndeE card with a 2 mm hole punched in the corner 8agnifying glass $lue food dye Water
Pre-Lab: The surface of the tongue is covered in papillae. There are four types of papillae, located on different regions of the tongue, but only three have a taste bud or buds. Fach taste bud has between '% A 1%% taste cells that are replaced freGuently. Fach cell detects one taste sensation A bitter, salty, sour, and sweet. The taste cells have receptors that are specific. &on channels for (H and =aH are responsible for the perceived sour and salty taste. )*protein*coupled receptors !)>;0s" are involved in the bitter and sweet taste. 0ecent studies have suggested that the number of papillae on the surface of the tongue genetically determines if you are a supertaster, one who is eEtremely sensitive to certain chemical components in foods. The purpose of this lab is to map the regions on the surface of the tongue that are sensitive to bitter, salty, sour, and sweet tastes and to determine how sensitive your taste is.
'. 0everse roles so that each member of the group has their tongue mapped. +. ;ompile class results to construct a general tongue map.
Part &&: )re *ou a su'er-taster+ 1. (ave your partner swab the tip of your tongue with blue food dye. The tongue becomes stained but the papillae will remain pink. &f too much blue food coloring is applied, rinse your mouth with water. 2. >lace the corner of the indeE card with the 2 mm hole on the front portion of the tongue. Kse the magnifying glass and count how many pink dots are inside the hole. 0ecord this value. . 0epeat the process with your partner. 4. ;ompile class results to determine how many are non*tasters !fewer than 1' papillae", average tasters !between 1' and 2' papillae", and super*tasters !more than ' papillae".