Like taste buds, do we also have smell buds?

Yes , we have Olfactory bulbs, an extension of Olfactory Nerve rootlets, which passes through cribriform plate of ethmoid bone and present in the mucosa of upper part of the nose. read more

Yes , we have Olfactory bulbs, an extension of Olfactory Nerve rootlets, which passes through cribriform plate of ethmoid bone and present in the mucosa of upper part of the nose. This page may be out of date. read more

So we have smell to detect things that are good or dangerous to eat; we have taste buds to give us an idea of the quality and safety of what we’re thinking of swallowing (we need salt and sugar; bitter is a warning; etc). read more

Humans win the sensitivity contest for taste, with around 9000 taste buds as compared with only 1700 for the dog, but dogs have considerably more taste buds than cats, which average only about 470. Specific taste buds appear to be tuned to specific chemical groups and produce recognizable tastes. read more