Question

what is main function of the tongue​

Answer 1

Answer:

Tasting the food, swallowing food.....

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

* The tongue is vital for chewing and swallowing food, as well as for speech. The four common tastes are sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. A fifth taste, called umami, results from tasting glutamate (present in MSG). The tongue has many nerves that help detect and transmit taste signals to the brain.

* 8 Muscles that can move in almost anyway direction.

* Dorsum, which is The Tongue’s Top, is covered with tiny nodes (known as Papillae) that contains Taste Buds & Serous Glands.

* Taste Buds, as you probably know already, tastes the food and sends information to the Brain, letting us know whether Food is delicious, salty, sweet, or “not-so-great”.

* Serous Glands produces Fluids that can be found in Saliva.