Publication: Taste bud density in circumvallate and fungiform papillae of the bovine tongue
Authors
Dasgupta, Kaberi ; Singh, Amreek ; Ireland, William P.
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Murcia : F. Hernández
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Taste bud quantitation may provide useful
parameters for interspecies comparisons of the gustatory
system. The present study is a morphometric analysis of
bovine taste papillae. Circumvallate and fungiform
papillae from six bovine tongues were serially sectioned
and, following staining, analyzed. Circumvallate
papillae were found to have a mean volume of 3.66 * 2.82
mm3, a mean number of taste buds per papilla of 445 f
279, and a mean taste bud density of 155 112 buds/mm3.
Values for lateral fungiform papillae for the same three
parameters were 0.384 f 0.184 mm3, 13.2 f 13.4, and
40.8 * 46.6 buds/mm3, respectively. Values for dorsal
fungiform papillae were 0.438 f 0.246 mm3, 4.39 f 4.78,
and 14.0 f 17.1 buds/mm3, respectively. Circumvallate
papillae were found to have a significantly greater
volume, number of taste buds per papilla, and taste bud
density than either type of fungiforrn papilla. These data
should serve as background for biochemical,
endocrinological, or neurological studies involving the bovine tongue
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