Term Name: | sensory perception of taste |
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Synonyms: | gustation, sense of taste, taste, taste perception |
Definition: | The series of events required for an organism to receive a gustatory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Gustation involves the direct detection of chemical composition, usually through contact with chemoreceptor cells. This is a neurological process. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0050909] QuickGO AmiGO |