taste cell

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taste cell - an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nervegustatory cellepithelial cell - one of the closely packed cells forming the epitheliumgustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue

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taste cell

Any of the neuroepithelial cells within a taste bud that are receptors for the sense of taste. Each possesses on the free surface a short gustatory hair that projects through the inner taste pore. Synonym: taste receptor cellSee also: cell

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taste cell

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Synonyms for taste cell

noun an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve

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gustatory cell

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epithelial cell
gustatory organ
taste bud
tastebud

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