gustatory organ

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Noun

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gustatory organ - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tonguetaste bud, tastebudneuroepithelium - epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endingschemoreceptor - a sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuliglossa, lingua, tongue, clapper - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavityepiglottis - a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowinggustatory cell, taste cell - an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nervepalate, roof of the mouth - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavitiespharynx, throat - the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone