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TASTE-OEGANS OP MAN. 



35,000. In man they almost touch each other on some 

 parts of the tongue, and their number is very great. 



Fig. 21 — Taste-Buds of the rabbit (after Engelmann in Strieker's " Handbook "), x 450. 



The "taste-buds" consist of from fifteen to thirty 

 long narrow cells, arranged almost like a circular bundle. 

 Those on the outside lie in close contact with the walls 

 of the cavity. The cells appear to be of two kinds : 



Fig. 22.-a Isolated t»«;-cells from the month of ralibit ; 6, two cover-cells and a 

 taste-cell m their natural position (after Engelmann), x 600. 



the outer ones do not differ markedly in appearance— 

 at least, with our present magnifying powers— from 

 ordinary epithelial cells, and have not been shown to 

 be connected with nerves. Those in the centre are 



