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Taste buds

Simple human taste buds diagram.

Taste buds are found in the epithelial tissue lining the fungiform, circumvallate and foliate papillae, but not the filiform papillae. Although they are found mainly on the tongue, there are a few in other places, like the mouth, pharynx and epiglottis.

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