Taste

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The sense of taste (also gustatory from Latin gustare = to taste) serves to control the food consumed. It, like the smell, is one of the chemical senses. In a broader sense, the sensation of taste is a complex interplay of the gustatory (tasting) taste and the olfactory (smelling) sense of smell. This is further complemented by tactile or trigeminal touch, pain, and temperature information from the oral cavity. The latter includes sensations of sharp (hot) and astringent (effect in tannin-rich red wines, not to be confused with bitter). In a narrower sense, taste consists of relatively few taste modalities perceived through the tongue and partly through the pharyngeal mucosa.

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