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NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Gustatory (Taste) System: Pathways

Sensory cortex łjust below face area)

Lateral hypothalamic Amygdala

Mesencephalic

nudcus

Pontine lasie area Irigeminal (V) n.

ot trigeminal n

Vtax»llary n. Ytandibular n

urealer pelrosal n

Ueniculate ganglion —

Facial CVII) n. -and

Nervus inermodius

ganglion

foiit , | ganglion

-Lingual

C horda lympani

Kostral part ot nucleus olsolitary traci-

Glossopharyngeal llX> n

Lower part ot medulla oblongata

Pelrosal (mlenor) ganglion ot glossopharyngeal n.

Nodose < interior) ganglion of vagus n.

Vagus(X)

Fungiform papillae • V Foliale papillae ■ M Valiate papillae

Epiglottis

Larynx

Superior laryngeal i

Figurę 2.39 Taste Pathways_

Depicied here are the alferenl pathways leading trom thc taste receptors to ihe brainsterri and, ultimately, to ihe sensory < orlex m the post-central gyrus.

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