Category:Gustatory system function

Name:	Gustatory system function
Synonym(s):	Taste system function
Related to:	Gustatory system
Super-category:	Sensory system function
Id:	birnlex_2512
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Externally Sourced Definition: * Taste; the faculty of taste, distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds. (NCI) * The sensation or perception of certain qualities of substances put in the mouth, primarily sweet, sour, salt and bitter. (MSH) * The series of events required for an organism to receive a gustatory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Gustation involves the direct detection of chemical composition, usually through contact with chemoreceptor cells. (GO:ai, http://www.onelook.com/) (GO) * sense effected by the gustatory receptors in the tongue; primarily sweet, sour, salty and bitter. (CSP)

UMLSCUI:	C0039336
Creation date:	2007-08-25
Last modified date:	2009-6-19
Version number:	86740
Editorial note:	Though the definition given refers to a disposition toward sensing and processing (which will exist separately in BIRNLex as an occurent), this is the closest definition that captures the sense of a function part of the nervous system. The several other definitions relate more specifically only to the direct sensation component of overall auditory system function.
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