The functional pathway for the gustatory system begins with taste cells, whose function is the ___1___ of taste. Taste cells form synapses with ___2___ whose cell bodies are found in the gustatory ganglion, and whose axons form the ___3___ and glossopharyngeal nerves. These axons terminate in the gustatory nucleus of the ___4___. The gustatory nucleus projects to the ___5___ of the thalamus whose function is the ___6___. These thalamic neurons project to the ___7___ in the parietal cortex/insular cortex and the function of these neurons is the ___8___ of taste. It is also important to mention an accessory pathway where only ___9___ information travels from the gustatory nucleus to a motor nucleus in the brainstem. This motor nucleus projects to muscle cells of the esophagus and stomach, producing reflexive ___10___.