How does bumpy skin hide a cephalopod? The business of papillae. Papillae are sections of the skin that can be deformed in order to change texture, and may work by a hydrostatic mechanism (Allen ...

We all have bumps on our tongue. They’re called papillae and they’re the usual home of our taste buds, which react to the different flavours in food when they reach our mouth. However ...

“Vitamin B12 and iron are needed to mature papillae (small bumps) on the tongue,” says Naomi Ramer, DDS, director of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New ...

Lotus leaves are covered with bumps called papillae, which are themselves coated with randomly oriented wax rods or tubules 100 nm or so in diameter 3. The legs of water striders also have a ...