• Question: what is the photo of the tounge that you have up about ??

    Asked by ak to Emma on 10 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Emma Feeney

      Emma Feeney answered on 10 Nov 2015:


      I do some work looking at tastebuds and at fungiform papillae (FP) which are the little bumps on the tongue where your tastebuds are housed. That picture shows how we used to count them – paint tongues blue, and then count the pink bumps. I’m currently working on developing a way to count them automatically, using a computer program.

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