NERVES OF TASTE. 



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Nerves can be seen entering these bodies, and are in all proba- 

 bility directly connected with the modified epithelial cells of 

 which they are made up. The relation of the glosso-pharyngeal 



FIG. 212. 



Drawing of upper surface of the tongue, showing the position of (1) the circumvallate 

 papillae. (2) Large central circumvallate papillae. (Sappey.) 



nerves to these taste buds has been shown by the fact that in 

 the rabbit (in which animal they are crowded together in a 



