Question

Select the incorrect statement among the following about human tongue:

• A. The human tongue is freely movable muscular organ.
• B. It is attached to the floor of the oral cavity by the frenulum.
• C. The upper surface of the tongue has small projections called papillae.
• D. All papillae of human tongue bear taste buds.

Answer 1

The correct option is D All papillae of human tongue bear taste buds.

• Papillae are the raised protrusions of the tongue surface on which taste buds of the tongue sit.
• There are four kinds of papillae, fungiform, circumvallate, foliate, and filiform papilla.
• Filiform papillae are the only one which doesn't bear taste buds.
  

So the correct answer is option D