Anatomy of the taste system
Gustatory perception of dietary lipids: the role of gustation

Taste perception is ensured by specialized cellular structures: taste buds. These are found in the taste buds, whose density is particularly high in the lingual epithelium. Taste buds also exist, but in a diffuse fashion, in other tissues including the soft palate, pharynx, larynx and upper esophagus. At the lingual level, there are three types of taste buds (see figure 1). The most numerous are the fungiform papillae, located in the anterior 2/3 of the tongue. They are mushroom-shaped (hence...