但最终，纵然研究者发现它们并不像舌头上的味蕾那样聚集在一起，但他们确定那些味觉感受器真的存在。

Finally, they became convinced that the receptors were really there, though not clustered in taste buds as they are on the tongue.

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他们不仅发现肺部的味觉感受体和舌头上的味蕾相似，而且发现不同的味道对肺部组织产生影响。

Not only did they find taste receptors similar to the taste buds on our tongues, they also found that different tastes triggered effects in the tissue.

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我们的嘴巴和舌头上都有味蕾。味蕾是五种基本味道的感受器：甜、咸、酸、苦和鲜味，也就是通常所说的咸味。

Our mouths and tongues have taste buds, which are receptors for the five basic flavors: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami, or what is more commonly referred to as savory.

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