Nerve | Taste | ||||||||
Sweet | Salt | Sour | Bitter | ||||||
HD 1 | HD 7 | HD 1 | HD 7 | HD 1 | HD 7 | HD 1 | HD 7 | ||
Chorda tympani | Right | VI | II | V | III | VI | I | V | III |
Left | V | IV | VI | III | V | II | VI | IV | |
Glossopharyngeal | Right | VI | III | VI | III | V | V | V | II |
Left | V | V | V | II | V | III | VI | VI | |
Major petrosus | Right | VI | VI | VI | VI | VI | VI | VI | VI |
Left | VI | VI | VI | VI | VI | VI | VI | V |
Roman numbers indicate taste concentration (ranges I–V); lower number indicates lighter. VI means no recognition of the taste.
HD, hospital day.