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How can we taste blood? Most of us will be familiar with the somewhat metallic taste of blood, but how are we able to detect the taste of blood at all, when the tongue already has a healthy supply of the stuff? Surely with this blood supply adding itself to the taste of everything we, er, taste, then blood itself would effectively taste of nothing?
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Last edited on: 2010-05-21 17:25:35

Categories: Human Body.

Reply	Jon-Richfield says: Your taste buds's nerve endings are on the outside of your mucus membrane. The blood is on the inside, as long as you don't bite yourself or something. That keeps you from tasting blood all the time. (no votes) Tags: blood, taste, tastebuds.
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