http://www.englishforums.com/English/ArticlesTeachersAboutEfl/Forum8.htmResource of articles submitted by our teachers.enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TasteMedicalEnglish/ch/post.htmSun, 24 May 2009 05:32:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:41hitchhiker0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TasteMedicalEnglish/ch/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments8-41.xmlTaste enables us to differentiate between bitter, sweet, salty or sour flavours. Smell is also used to help distinguish between tastes, so disturbance of smell can alter our taste appreciation. For instance, if your nose is blocked due to a cold, you can’t smell and appear to lose your sense of taste as well. Dysgeusia is the medical word for disturbance of taste sensation, and it usually occurs when we have a dry mouth. Each person has about 10,000 tastebuds. Most are on the tongue but there are also a few on the back of the throat. They are contained in raised pimples, or papillae. Large papillae are mushroom-shaped and called fungiform. The smaller ones are filliform papillae and look like mountain peaks when seen under the...