• An oval body that is located in a tongue papilla and occupies the entire thickness of the epithelium. It is composed of neuroepithelial (sensory) cells, supporting cells, and basal cells. The opening at the apex of the taste bud is called taste pore.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Organ component, each instance of which is some cluster of specialized epithelial cells that includes taste receptor cells, basal cells, and, supporting cells, which are connected to some gustatory nerve endings; it is located around the bases of some vallate, fungiform, and foliate papillae of the tongue and provides the sense of taste.
  Foundational Model of Anatomy
  University of Washington, 2017
• Sensory organs embedded in the epithelium of the tongue that contain bundles of taste receptor cells, supporting cells, and basal cells; each receptor cell is innervated at its base by an afferent nerve fiber.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Small sensory organs which contain gustatory receptor cells, basal cells, and supporting cells. Taste buds in humans are found in the epithelia of the tongue, palate, and pharynx. They are innervated by the CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE (a branch of the facial nerve) and the GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• Taste bud, small organ located on the tongue in terrestrial vertebrates that functions in the perception of taste. In fish, taste buds occur on the lips, the flanks, and the caudal (tail) fins of some species and on the barbels of catfish. Taste receptor cells, with which incoming chemicals from...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020