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Thursday, May 15, 2003


 
Some taste trivia I ran across while researching a lesson....

Scientists have measured the taste bud density of volunteers. They found that a person who is an "average taster" has about 184 taste buds per square centimeter of tongue - now that's a lot of tasting - but some people are "supertasters" with 425 buds per sq.cm. whereas those called "non-tasters" average just 96 buds per sq.cm.

The complete inability to taste is called ageusia and the reduced ability to taste is called hypogeusia. Ageusia is a rare disorder. It may be rare because there are 3 different nerves that carry taste information to the brain. Older people have a reduced sense of taste. This probably occurs because the taste buds are not replaced as fast in older people.

interesting...
posted by Deedee 10:40 AM

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