Anatomy of the Cat

by Jacob Reighard; H. S. Jennings

IV. THE ORGAN OF TASTE. ORGANON GUSTUS.

The sense of taste is located in the mouth-cavity, especially in the mucosa of the tongue and the soft palate. The proper organs of taste are the so-called taste-buds, found on the papillæ of the tongue, the soft palate, etc. Their exact distribution in the cat has apparently not been worked out.