It is made up of many groups of muscles. It is very flexible so you can say words and also helps you eat.
The tongue is rough and bumpy because it is covered with taste buds, so you can taste everything. Your nose helps you taste foods by smelling them before they go in your mouth.
taste buds seen through a miscroscope
People are born with about 10,000 taste buds. Taste buds can detect special chemicals in the things that you eat and drink: sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami.
The gustatory nerves transmit the impulses that the taste buds produce to the brain. And finally the brain interprets the information.
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