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Human tongue anatomy of papillae and taste buds. Circumvallate, fungiform, and foliate papillae are the structures that house the taste buds. Taste buds are a collection of differentiated epithelial cells that respond to the 5 basic tastes and transmit that information to the CNS. Filiform papillae are trigeminal and sense touch, temperature, and pain.
