Assertion: taste bud's receptor | /r/HasProperty | sensitive
Facets:
value: to specific chemicals
type: CAUSE
value: to chemical irritants
type: CAUSE
value: to certain types of stimuli
type: OTHER
value: extremely
type: DEGREE
value: to both mechanical stimulation
type: OTHER
value: to molecules in the food
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to the α-amino acids
type: OTHER
value: to pheromones
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to msg
type: OTHER
value: probably
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: However, the umami receptor does give the ability to distinguish between naturally occurring amino acids and is sensitive to MSG.
text: One family, consisting of pheromone -binding proteins, is restricted to receptors known to be sensitive to pheromones.
text: These receptors are probably sensitive to high concentration of a particular medication or toxins.
text: Gustatory receptors on the maxillary barbel of the channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus are extremely sensitive to the α-amino acids.
text: Taste and smell are called chemical senses because their receptors are sensitive to molecules in the food we eat and, in the air, we breathe.
text: They concluded that the receptors involved were of a hybrid nature, being sensitive to both mechanical stimulation as well as chemical irritants.
text: Certain receptors are sensitive to certain types of stimuli (for example, different mechanoreceptors respond best to different kinds of touch stimuli, like sharp or blunt objects).
text: Both involve molecules of the stimulus entering the body and bonding to receptors, relying on chemoreceptors, receptors that are sensitive to specific chemicals.