TASTE

 THE SENSE OF TASTE

 INFORMATION:

 * Our sense of smell is 10.000 times more sensitive than our   

    sense of taste.

 * The sense of taste like the sense of smell is a chemical sense.

 * Many people who lose their sense of smell also lose a litle of

    their sense of taste.

 * Temperature:phisical characteristic wich can greatly influence

     the sense of taste.

 *  In taste and smell can accompany or indicate the existence of

     diseases or conditions such as cancer patients often complain 

     of changes in their sense of taste when undergoing

     chemotherapy , in particulara bitter taste sesation.

 *   Measuring the amount of current required before a person 

      perceives this taste enables researchers to determine taste

      sensitivity.