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156 THE MIRACLE OF ELECTRICITY IN THE BODY

Electrical Signals Perceived as Tastes

Our sense of taste analyzes proteins, ions, complex molecules and a
great many other chemical compounds, working non-stop on our behalf
right through our lives. The tongue functions just like a laboratory, ana-
lyzing different chemical compounds. Every food we eat or drink con-
sists of an enormous number of taste molecules. There are hundreds of
thousands of separate chemical substances in every dish we eat. Taste
receptors in the tongue analyze these different molecules with impecca-
ble accuracy. (For details see, Harun Yahya, The Miracles of Smell and
Taste.)

A special design allows this analysis to take place. There are spe-
cialized cells in the tongue, the first phase of the digestion process, that
are found nowhere else in the body. These cells analyze foodstuffs and
transmit data regarding them to the brain in the form of electrical sig-
nals, which the brain again interprets as flavors.

Any dish of food contains
hundreds, even thousands, of
separate chemical sub-
stances. The tongue identifies
the chemical structures of Tongue
countless different molecules Papilla
with an astonishing accuracy.
Taste receptors in the tongue
Taste buds
send information regarding
these molecules to the brain Nerve
in the form of electrical sig- fibers
nals. The flavor of the orange
Nerve
or strawberry we eat consists
fibers
of an interpretation of this Taste buds
signal that our Lord forms in
our brain. Salivary
gland

To the right, the papillae that give the tongue its rough appear-
ance, magnified 60 times. Up to 10,000 taste buds are located
around the papillae on the tongue, and there are up to 50 taste
receptor cells in each taste bud.