where are most of your taste buds located
Taste bud. Taste bud, small organ located on the tongue in terrestrial vertebrates that functions in the perception of taste. In fish, taste buds occur on the lips, the flanks, and the caudal (tail) fins of some species and on the barbels of catfish. 1  Taste receptor cells, with which incoming chemicals from food and other sources interact, occur on the tongue in groups of 50â150.