TASTE

n. Tast. Gr., yeuo-ie. Lat., gust us. Fr., gout. Ger., Geschmack. The sensation of flavor due to the action of certain exciting substances upon special nerve-endings in the tongue. [K.] After-t. Fr., apres-gout. Ger., Nachgeschmack. A t. perceived after the direct action of the sapid substance has ceased. [K, 3.] T. -beakers, T.-buds, T. bulbs, T. cups. See T.-BUDS. T.- discs. Ger., Geschmackscheiben. Patches of modified epithelia on the tongues of Amphibia. They are usually surrounded by a narrow girdle of ciliated cells, and are abundantly supplied with nerves from the glo opharyngeus. The epithelium is of two kinds: supporting cells, called cup-cells, and the true sensorial cells (forked-cells), which are supposed to be connected with nerve fibres. [J, 30, 35.] T.-pore. The narrow end or summit of a t.- bud seen on a free surface, usually on the side of a fungiform or foliate papilla. [J, 31, 35.] T. -ridges. See PAPILLA foliatce. TASTERZIRKEt (Ger.), n. Ta3st'e2r-tserk-e2l. See CALIPERS. TASTGEFUHI, (Ger.), n. Ta3st'ge2-fu6l. See TOUCH. [s. 597]