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gustativo (-a)

gustatory

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Sodium chloride and sucrose elicited the largest response in the rat gustatory cortex in rats, whereas citric acid causes only a moderate increase in activity in a single neuron. en.wikipedia.org

Aberrant gustatory sweating follows up to 73% of surgical sympathectomies and is particularly common after bilateral procedures. en.wikipedia.org

This is a function of the gustatory system where the taste buds are at the forefront. en.wikipedia.org

Humans have taste receptors on taste buds (gustatory calyculi) and other areas including the upper surface of the tongue and the epiglottis. en.wikipedia.org

Somewhat less than half the cases include olfactory or gustatory hallucinations, and slightly more than a third involve motor automatisms. en.wikipedia.org

In addition, damage done to the pons, thalamus, and midbrain, all of which compose the gustatory pathway, can be potential factors. en.wikipedia.org

It is also interesting to note that many common medicines have a bitter taste if chewed; the gustatory system apparently interprets these compounds as poisons. en.wikipedia.org

Some climacteric fruits, such as pear and avocado, can not ripen to gustatory perfection on the tree. www.dailyprogress.com

Above each taste bud is a taste pore, which is simply an opening that allows food molecules to come in contact with gustatory cells. www.huffingtonpost.com

Taste buds, the receptors of the gustatory sense, are scattered over the mucous membrane of their surface. en.wikipedia.org

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