What is gustation?
Tasting
Glutamates in a food usually results in a _________, or "meaty," taste.
Savory
What are the 5 tastes?
Salty, sweet, savory/umami, bitter, sour
Taste + aroma = ?
Flavor
Olfaction is another word for our sense of ____.
Smell
The chemical sensitivity of the skin and mucous membranes is called:
Chemesthesis
The physical sensation made by a food or beverage in the mouth is:
Mouthfeel
T/F: Genetics is an example of a physical influence on food.
True
Is the detection of odors through sniffing orthonasal or retronasal?
Orthonasal
What are papillae?
Bumps found on the tongue that enclose hundreds of taste buds each.
What is an example of a sound that a food might make?
Cracking, sizzling, popping, etc.
A tendency to like or dislike a food based on positive or negative experiences is:
Taste Bias
What part of the body/nervous system transmits information about odors to the brain via smell receptors?
Olfactory bulb
If you have a very high number of papillae on your tongue, you are most likely a:
Supertaster
The odor of a food is also known as the _____.
Aroma
What is an example of an environmental influence on our food preferences?
Availability of foods, season, climate
What is retronasal olfaction?
Detection of odors through chewing and swallowing