人体显微照片：当精子遇上卵子

6.舌头上的味蕾  Tongue with taste bud


舌头上的味蕾

　　这张彩色图片上显示的是舌头上的一个味蕾。人舌上大约拥有10000个味蕾，味蕾所感受的味觉可分为 甜、酸、苦、咸四种。其他味觉，如涩、辣等都是由这四种融合而成的。

This colour-enhanced image depicts a taste bud on the tongue. The human tongue has about 10,000 taste buds that are involved with detecting salty, sour, bitter, sweet and savoury taste perceptions.