Taste Buds Sweet Sour Salty Bitter

The tongue is covered with millions of taste buds. Their purpose is to translate chemical signals in food into electrical signals. From there the signals are sent to the brain. There are five different tastes that our taste buds can perceive. The tastes are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory. You can learn more about taste buds and the way they function, here - .