Every gustatory cell projects a thread-like protrusion of the cellular membrane called a gustatory hair, which runs down to a taste pore, a small hole in the stratified squamous epithelium covering the taste bud and the rest of the tongue.

每个味觉细胞在细胞膜上投射出一个叫做味觉毛的线状突起，向下延伸到味觉孔，味觉孔是覆盖味蕾和舌头其余部分的分层鳞状上皮上的一个小洞。