Recognize the tongue and function, in addition to tasting food.
The function of the tongue is to taste the food, but do you know another function of the tongue?
We first acquaintance with tongue
The tongue is a collection of skeletal muscles located in the mouth, with a rough texture and has small bulges that name PAPILLA,papilla is the tip of the taste nerve that is directly related to the nerves of our brain.So you can taste the bitter, sweet, sour and savory.
The number of papilla on each person must be different, the more the number the more he will quickly sensitive in various variants of taste.
Tongue portions
The tip and edge of the tongue.
This section includes the tongue of the front, right and left.The tip and edge of the tongue can we move freely.The base of the tongue.
Well this part we have sensory.
To feel and touch anything that goes into the mouth.Tongue root.
This part is also called the base and we can not move freely and connected to the floor of the tongue.
Well we will go to the topic part
What are the functions of the tongue?
As a taste bud
Tongue has a receptor to taste food, any drink that will enter the mouth.
We will be able to distinguish the food that will come in whether it is salty, sweet, bitter, tasty and unpalatable.
Help suck
The baby uses his tongue to suck breast milk, the tongue helps suck the fluid that gets into the mouth.
Helping the process of eating, chewing, swallowing, and salivating.
The tongue can move freely within the mouth and the tongue can process hard foods or beverages to be easily swallowed, the tongue presses the crushed food to the palate and moves the crushed food into the throat.
This tongue movement also stimulates the production of saliva.
Helps to touch
The tip of the tongue is one of many sensitive parts of the body.the tip of the tongue serves to sense or recognize the food that will enter the mouth.
Help communicate
The ability of tongue movement is useful as well as speaking.The tongue will work with the teeth so that the sound coming out of the throat will be heard clearly.
Protecting the mouth from germs
At the bottom of the tongue there are protective cells called TONSIL LINGUAL.So the germs that enter will not be easy to breed which will become cancer tongue or mouth.
After recognizing the tongue and its function we must realize the importance of maintaining the health of the tongue
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