Summary: of taste buds. Second, what we refer to as the taste of food is really a combination of taste and smell, and there is a wide variety of smell receptors. Demonstration I: Taste Buds Taste buds are chemoreceptors found on the surface of the tongue. The surface of the tongue is covered with a number of bumps and papillae (see low magnification image). Taste buds
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