Question

What is tongue ? Write it's functions?

Answer 1

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TONGUE:Tongue is a mighty flexible organ.Its the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and help humans to speak.It helps to swallow food in mammals.
Its functions are:
1)chewing and swallowing  food with the help of saliva.
2)it helps us to distinguish four common tastes -sweet,sour,bitter and salty.
3)as well as for the speech

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Answer 2

 The four common tastes are sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. A fifth taste, called umami, results from tasting glutamate (present in MSG). Though the tongue may seem like a simple organ, it has a wide range of purposes, such as licking, breathing, tasting, swallowing and articulating speech. 
Tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates that manipulates food for mastication, and is used in the act of swallowing. It is of importance in the digestive system and is the primary organ of taste in the gustatory system.
.The moist pink tissue that covers the muscle of the tongue is known as mucosa. Thousands of taste buds cover the surface.