Characteristics of Tongue

There are some interesting facts about the tongue

* It is made up of eight muscles.

* Tongues are four inches long on average.

* The color of a person’s tongue tells a story.

* Those bumps on your tongue are not taste buds.

* There are taste buds all over the tongue.

* There are thousands of taste buds on a person’s tongue.

* It can twist and roll.

* A short tongue can be due to attachment of connective tissue called the frenum holding the tongue back

* Taste of food is detected based on the location of the food on the tongue. Anterior 1/3rd of tongue detects sweetness. Middle 1/3rd detects saltiness. Posterior 1/3rd detects sourness. And the middle posterior portion detects bitterness.

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