The traditional taste map of the tongue that is taught in school is a myth. The idea that tastes like salt and sweet are ...

The tongue-- sorry, the tongue ... Most people think those are our taste buds, but they're actually the papillae, which help grip your food. In the tips of those papillae are where our 10,000 ...

Three nerves carry taste signals to the brain stem ... glossopharyngeal nerve (from the back of the tongue) and the vagus nerve (from the throat area and palate). In addition, the trigeminal ...