What's the difference between gustatory and taste?

Gustatory


Definition:

  • (a.) Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These differences in central connectivity mirror the reports on behavioral dissociation of the facial and vagal gustatory systems.
  • (2) Umami taste appears to signal, at the gustatory level, the intake of proteins, therefore the working hypothesis was: does umami taste of a monosodium glutamate (MSG) solution elicit changes in both glucagon and insulin release, similar to those elicited by amino acids, and consequently, changes in plasma glucose and in overall cellular metabolism?
  • (3) The test subjects ate up their food appraising the gustatory qualities of the diet constituents.
  • (4) This region of the NST is innervated by primary gustatory axons arising from the facial-intermediate nerve.
  • (5) The CGRP-IR levels in the rostral (gustatory) part of the insular cortex were increased significantly by strongly aversive taste stimuli such as quinine hydrochloride and conditioned taste stimuli (NaCl and sucrose) which animals had been taught to avoid.
  • (6) The most common group of neurons within the gustatory zone contains both large (X1) and small (X3) members that possess deeply invaginated nuclear profiles.
  • (7) We previously reported a modality-specific layering of leg sensory axons in the CNS of the flies Phormia regina and Drosophila melanogaster with tactile and gustatory axons projecting into a ventral layer and the proprioceptive hair plate axons into an intermediate layer.
  • (8) Thus the anterior island is a gustatory association area involved in the subjective recognition of gustatory modalities.
  • (9) It is evident, that the gustatory fibres from the posterior part of the tongue run in the IX nerve and those from the soft palate reach the medulla oblongata via the petrosal and facial nerve.
  • (10) Since sodium ion transport under hyperosmotic conditions has been shown to correlate well with the gustatory neural response, the variety of ions transported may likewise indicate a wider role for transport in taste transduction.
  • (11) These results suggest that chemical substances can rapidly penetrate the tongue epithelium of the frog, reach the papillary nerve fibers and contribute or modify gustatory informations.
  • (12) In the thalamus, the subparafascicular, gustatory, and midline nuclei receive a light innervation from the SI, which projects more densely to the medial part of the mediodorsal nucleus and the reticular nucleus.
  • (13) A mutant strain of Wistar rats which carries an autosomal gene defect is characterized by a progressively developing hyperexcitability, tremor, olfactory and gustatory movements, bradykinesia, ataxia and a pathologically increased muscle tone of hindlimbs which can be measured by recording tonic activity in the electromyogram (EMG) of the gastrocnemius-soleus muscle.
  • (14) We describe 150 patients, the results of gustatory tests and the frequency of disorders of taste.
  • (15) Since gustatory-visceral afferent information reaches insular cortex via 2-3 synaptic relays, autonomic, olfactory and gustatory inputs may interact at this level, and, as suggested previously for the mouse, play a key integrative role in flavor perception.
  • (16) In the rostral, gustatory division of the NST, the rostral central subdivision contains the greatest number of labelled pontine-projection neurons.
  • (17) Hypothyroid subjects showed more gustatory differences as compared to hyperthyroids.
  • (18) The olfactory, auditory, and gustatory functions of 20 women with gonadal dysgenesis were studied.
  • (19) Third, 71 single units were isolated in the dorsal pons, and tested for sensitivity to gustatory stimulation of the anterior and posterior tongue separately.
  • (20) Contact influences are shown to be mediated by nonopioid pathways, whereas gustatory influences are shown to be opioid mediated.

Taste


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
  • (v. t.) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
  • (v. t.) To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
  • (v. t.) To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
  • (v. t.) To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
  • (v. i.) To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
  • (v. i.) To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
  • (v. i.) To take sparingly.
  • (v. i.) To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
  • (n.) The act of tasting; gustation.
  • (n.) A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
  • (n.) The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
  • (n.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
  • (n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
  • (n.) Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
  • (n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
  • (n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
  • (n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Serially sectioned rabbit foliate taste buds were examined with high voltage electron microscopy (HVEM) and computer-assisted, three-dimensional reconstruction.
  • (2) In his notorious 1835 Minute on Education , Lord Macaulay articulated the classic reason for teaching English, but only to a small minority of Indians: “We must do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.” The language was taught to a few to serve as intermediaries between the rulers and the ruled.
  • (3) The importance of the other factors associated with taste is also discussed.
  • (4) It’s a bright, simple space with wooden tables and high stalls and offers tastings and beer-making workshops.
  • (5) Tissue sections, taken from foliate and circumvallate papillae, generally revealed taste buds in which all cells were immunoreactive; however, occasionally some taste buds were found to contain highly reactive individual cells adjacent to non-reactive cells.
  • (6) Umami taste appears to signal, at the gustatory level, the intake of proteins, therefore the working hypothesis was: does umami taste of a monosodium glutamate (MSG) solution elicit changes in both glucagon and insulin release, similar to those elicited by amino acids, and consequently, changes in plasma glucose and in overall cellular metabolism?
  • (7) The impact of von Békésy's microstimulation experiments on the physiology of taste is discussed.
  • (8) Often, flavorings such as chocolate and strawberry and sugars are added to low-fat and skim milk to make up for the loss of taste when the fat is removed.
  • (9) The possibility of applying Signal Detection Theory (SDT) to gustation was investigated by testing the effect of three variables--smoking, signal probability, and food intake (confounded with time of day)--on the taste sensitivity to sucrose of 24 male and 24 female Ss.
  • (10) Heat vegetable oil and a little bit of butter in a clean pan and fry the egg to your taste.
  • (11) The lid is fiddly to fit on to the cup, and smells so strongly of silicone it almost entirely ruins the taste of the coffee if you don’t remove it.
  • (12) When the rats were given the two-bottle taste aversion test neither compound was found to be aversive.
  • (13) Drowsiness and altered taste perception were increased significantly over placebo only in the high-dose azelastine group.
  • (14) Application of 1 mM BT (pH 6.3) to the human tongue statistically potentiated the taste of 0.2 M NaCl and 0.2 M LiCl by 33.5% and 12.5% respectively.
  • (15) The sensitivity of the taste system to the various qualities was, in decreasing order, salty, sweet, sour, and bitter.
  • (16) A transient increase in the membrane potential was observed when distilled water was applied to the membrane adapted to an appropriate salt solution, which was similar to the water response observed in taste cells.
  • (17) In contrast, periadolescent animals demonstrated a marked resistance to amphetamine's taste aversion inducing properties when compared with either infant or young adult animals.
  • (18) Denatonium, a very bitter substance, caused a rise in the intracellular calcium concentration due to release from internal stores in a small subpopulation of taste cells.
  • (19) A history and physical examination focused on signs and symptoms of chemosensory disorders, in combination with screening tests for taste and smell function, can quickly and easily delineate the general type and cause of the dysfunction.
  • (20) For humans, taste plays a key role in food selection.

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