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How covid 19 causes you to lose your smell?

By damaging the support cells, the virus prevents the olfactory sensory neurons from responding to the molecules that make up different types of scents. The good news is that for most patients, recovery from COVID-19 includes a return of their sense of smell.

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Why is it that we discovered umami way later than all of the other taste elements?

Do our taste buds change as we get older?

Are taste buds important and if so what would happen if we didn't have them?

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- Is the olfactory system more responsible for taste than actual tastebuds?

-What parts of the brain would need to be injured in order to disrupt taste signaling?

-Why does anesthesia cause taste loss in some patients?

-What's the relationship between drug/alcohol use and ability to taste?

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1. What made the “tongue map” a misconception?

2. How do you explain umami in simpler terms, or someone who is 5 and does not know anything about it?

3. Can eating too much spicy food kill your tastebuds or is it a myth?

COVID-19 causes inability to taste and smell
The coronavirus affects supporting cells of the olfactory nerve, this nerve enables the the sense of smell. As the supporting cells aren’t working properly, it blocks the olfactory nerve’s signals from getting to the brain, causing ineffectiveness in smell. Most of what we taste originates from what we smell, loss of smells causes loss of taste.

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The sensory nerve that is responsible for your sense of taste and smell is called the olfactory nerve. COVID-19 does not directly affect the olfactory nerve. Rather, it affects the support cells that surround the olfactory nerve. When the support cells are not working, it can block the olfactory nerve's signals from reaching the brain. This causes loss of taste and smell.

Elizabeth Margetts

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1. What is the most abundant kind of taste buds?
2 Does the most abundant kind differ between people?

Researchers have come to believe that COVID-19 doesn’t directly affect people’s sense of taste. Since the olfactory system  (smell) has such a big influence on peoples taste it affects the the taste and can make it more bland. As of right now they don’t think that covid affects the olfactory sensory neurons instead they affect the supporting cells which is why the loss of smell and taste due to covid is shorter then with other viruses.

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1. Why do different parts of our tongue taste different things/ have different taste buds?
2. How do our tastebuds differ from other mammals? What about reptiles?
3. How have our tastebuds evolved?
4. What would happen if we didn't have tastebuds?

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•What parts of the brain are responsible for perceiving and interpreting taste?
•How does smell influence taste buds?
•How do human taste buds change during a lifespan?

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1. What is the ratio of papillae to taste buds on the tongue? (Dane, West, and I watched a video)

2. Are different areas of the tongue more sensitive to different tastants?

3. Why do we brush our tongues when we brush our teeth?

4. How do vitamin and mineral deficiencies cause loss of taste?

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1. What are the evolutionary advantages of having taste buds?
2. Is the reason some people enjoy some food while others don’t because our taste buds different?
3.Are taste buds able to regrow if destroyed?

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Does everyone have the same number of taste buds, or are there variances?
What are the effects of one person having more taste buds than others?
Could scientists take live taste buds and mutate them into larger organisms? (If they can, I want to see that👀)

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Why do some people like foods that others don’t?

Do the tastebuds of carnivores differ from those of omnivores?

Can you permanently change your tastebuds?

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1. Do human taste buds differ from other animals?

2. Are taste buds able to regenerate?

3. Are there mutations or disease that make you loose certain tastes, like sweet?

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What is the evolutionary reasoning behind why we have taste buds?
Do people’s taste buds vary depending on where they’re from?
How accurate are our taste buds?
If damaged are they regenerative?