Title |
Taste bud of the tongue |
Creator |
Poels, Lambert G. |
Contributor |
Lambert G. Poels, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen Paul H. K. Jap, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen |
Subject |
oral cavity; foliate papillae; taste pore; electronmicroscopy |
Description |
Scheme electronmicroscopy. Generally a taste bud is composed of about 20 to 70 spindle-shaped epithelial cells. Slender type I cell ('Dark' cell) and oval shaped type II cell ('Light' cell) with a pale, round nucleus with their apices end in microvilli in the taste pore. The number of type I cells is about twice of that of type II cells. A type III cell without microvilli is in the minority. Synapse-like relations of above-mentioned cells with intraepithelial nerves are reported. |
Subtype |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ |
Collection |
Poja Histology Collection - Oral Cavity Subset |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s63f7rtf |
Setname |
ehsl_heal |
ID |
890162 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63f7rtf |