From where does the sensation of taste arise? The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste (flavor). Taste principally serves two functions: it enables the evaluation of foods for toxicity and nutrients while helping us decide what to ingest and it prepares the body to metabolize foods once they have been ingested. Taste is the perception produced or stimulated when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds in the oral cavity, mostly on the tongue. Currently, five sub-modalities (tastes) are recognized, including sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami (savory taste or the taste of protein). The gustatory cortex, or primary gustatory cortex, is a region of the cerebral cortex responsible for the perception of taste and flavor. It is comprised of the anterior insula on the insular lobe and the frontal operculum on the frontal lobe.

Della Mariya Davis

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