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Tongue: Circumvallate papillae
Along the lateral edges of the circumvallate papillae are oval taste buds, which access the oral cavity through a taste pore. Taste buds are composed of supportive cells and neuroepithelial cells that are innervated by sensory neurons of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). 40x, 400x
![Circumvallate papilla <p>Along the lateral edges of the circumvallate papillae are oval taste buds, which access the oral cavity through a taste pore. Taste buds are composed of supportive cells and neuroepithelial cells that are innervated by sensory neurons of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). 40x, 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Or.Dig_.OC_.T-7-1-ping.png)
Circumvallate papilla
Along the lateral edges of the circumvallate papillae are oval taste buds, which access the oral cavity through a taste pore. Taste buds are composed of supportive cells and neuroepithelial cells that are innervated by sensory neurons of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). 40x, 400x
![- Taste buds <p>Along the lateral edges of the circumvallate papillae are oval taste buds, which access the oral cavity through a taste pore. Taste buds are composed of supportive cells and neuroepithelial cells that are innervated by sensory neurons of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). 40x, 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Or.Dig_.OC_.T-7-2-ping.png)
- Taste buds
Along the lateral edges of the circumvallate papillae are oval taste buds, which access the oral cavity through a taste pore. Taste buds are composed of supportive cells and neuroepithelial cells that are innervated by sensory neurons of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). 40x, 400x
![- Taste pore <p>Along the lateral edges of the circumvallate papillae are oval taste buds, which access the oral cavity through a taste pore. Taste buds are composed of supportive cells and neuroepithelial cells that are innervated by sensory neurons of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). 40x, 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Or.Dig_.OC_.T-7-3-ping.png)
- Taste pore
Along the lateral edges of the circumvallate papillae are oval taste buds, which access the oral cavity through a taste pore. Taste buds are composed of supportive cells and neuroepithelial cells that are innervated by sensory neurons of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). 40x, 400x
![Sulcus <p>Along the lateral edges of the circumvallate papillae are oval taste buds, which access the oral cavity through a taste pore. Taste buds are composed of supportive cells and neuroepithelial cells that are innervated by sensory neurons of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). 40x, 400x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Or.Dig_.OC_.T-7-4-ping.png)
Sulcus
Along the lateral edges of the circumvallate papillae are oval taste buds, which access the oral cavity through a taste pore. Taste buds are composed of supportive cells and neuroepithelial cells that are innervated by sensory neurons of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). 40x, 400x