Question

Mention one function of the following:

Tongue

Answer 1

Tongue:

1. The fleshy muscular organ that helps in ingestion of food is called the tongue.
2. Function: Tongue helps masticate the food in the presence of saliva secreted from the salivary glands.
   • Taste buds are present on the tongue which detects the taste of food after ingestion.
   • After mastication, the tongue helps with swallowing the food bolus.