In reality, all of your taste buds have the ability to detect all five flavors - some regions of your tongue are just slightly more sensitive to certain tastes. There’s a common misconception that different areas of the tongue taste different things. There are five basic tastes that stimulate your taste buds, including:
Your taste buds are clusters of nerve cells that transmit sensory messages to your brain. Each person has about 20 foliate papillae, which contain several hundred taste buds. Located on each side of the back portion of your tongue, the foliate papillae look like rough folds of tissue. They appear larger than the other types of papillae, and they contain approximately 250 taste buds. The small bumps on the back of your tongue are the circumvallate papillae. Located mostly on the sides and tip of your tongue, fungiform papillae consist of approximately 1,600 taste buds. These papillae get their name from their mushroom-like shape. Unlike other types of papillae, filiform papillae don’t contain taste buds. Located on the front two-thirds of your tongue, filiform papillae are thread-like in appearance. You have four different types of taste buds, including: Your tongue is also covered with different types of papillae (bumps) and taste buds. It’s anchored inside of your mouth by webs of strong tissue and it’s covered by mucosa (a moist, pink lining that covers certain organs and body cavities). Your tongue runs from your hyoid bone (located in the middle of your neck) to the floor of your mouth.
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