The most amazing sense of the human body

Talking about senses of the human being is so amusing to me, I like this topic when it comes to the human body, so I will talk about my favourite one: the taste sense.

I want to start with the fact that the taste is so important to the happiness of people since I think everyone is in agreement with me when it’s about talking on how delicious and pleasuring eating can be!, because you know, who doesn’t really love eating? I want to list some of the illnesses that can alter this sense, they can be:

- Hypogeusia

- Ageusia

- Dysgeusia

                                     

- Etc…

The role of the taste sense is summarised as: when the taste cells are stimulated, they send messages to the brain through three specialised taste nerves. There, specific tastes are identified. Taste cells have receptors that respond to at least one of the five basic qualities of taste: sweet, sour or acid, bitter, salty and umami. The location of these cells is in the tongue and so, the size/ratio of the sense is very limited. Finally, you need to keep this sense healthy by visiting the dentist at least once a year, avoid the consumption of tobacco and alcohol because they diminish the sensitivity of the taste buds, brush your teeth after each meal and gently clean the tongue with the brush and toothpaste, etc.