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Sweet, Sour, Salt, Bitter and Umami

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Q: What are the tastes the tongue can recognize?
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Where is the sweet spot on your tongue?

Different areas of the human tongue have sensitivities to different tastes. Each of these areas contains proportionately more of certain chemoreceptors. Typically, the middle-front of the tongue is more sensitive to sweet tastes, the sides to salty tastes, the center-back to sour tastes, and the very back to bitter tastes. Different areas of the human tongue have sensitivities to different tastes. Each of these areas contains proportionately more of certain chemoreceptors. Typically, the middle-front of the tongue is more sensitive to sweet tastes, the sides to salty tastes, the center-back to sour tastes, and the very back to bitter tastes.


What region of the tongue reacts strongest to bitter tastes?

Research has show that the tongue actually doesn't have specific spots for taste. Originally it was thought the back of the tongue was exclusive to bitter tastes.


Is it the tip of your tongue that tastes sweet?

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What body part can recognize four basic kinds of taste sweet salty sour and bitter?

The tongue has groups of taste buds in certain areas which are able to detect the different basic tastes.


What part of your tongue tastes what flavorS?

The tongue however does taste things that are: bitter, salty, sour and sweet.


Does the tongue have an error for certain tastes?

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Does the nose identify more odors than your tongue identifies tastes?

That is right. Your tongue can identify only few tastes but nose can identfy hundreds of different types of smells.


Where on the tongue would the receptors pick up the taste of a chocolate bar?

Earlier it was believed that different parts of the tongue can taste different tastes. But now it has been proved by scientists that all parts of tongue can identify all tastes.


Does acid taste sour of bitter on your tongue?

acid tastes sour and can only be tasted on the sides of your tongue


Why does the human tongue have definite areas for certain tastes?

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What tastes better than it?

The fruit called Durian. If you mean it as a riddle, then the answer is your tongue. A tongue can't smell at all.