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Definition of Gustatory cell
1. Noun. An epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve.
Generic synonyms: Epithelial Cell
Group relationships: Gustatory Organ, Taste Bud, Tastebud
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gustatory Cell
Literary usage of Gustatory cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology by Burtis Burr Breese (1917)
"The gustatory cell is a spindle-shaped cell whose outer end terminates in a fine,
hair-like process which projects through the gustatory pore. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Medullated nerve. Ji. Muscular fibres. Fin. 4SI.—Taste-buds, o, Supporting cells,
ft. gustatory cell. ..."
3. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1912)
"Diagram illustrating architecture of taste-bud; i, pore-canal; 2, 3, outer and
inner taste-pores; 4, gustatory cell; 5, supporting cell; 6, lymph-spaces; 7, ..."
4. The Microscope and Microscopical Technology: A Textbook for Physicians and by Heinrich Frey (1880)
"In the interior of the organ appears a second cell-formation, the "gustatory
cell" (2 &). A spindle-shaped body, as we see, extends above into a rod, ..."