What is the role of the tongue in the digestive system?

Answer 1

Move the food to be ground up by the teeth, mix around the food to insure it is all lubricated with saliva and move the food to the esophagus.

Answer 2

The mouth is actually the first stop in the digestive process. Your teeth grind the food into bits that are easily swallowed while the enzymes produced in your saliva help to break down the food even further. Your tongue is used mostly for taste (and forming sounds while speaking).

Answer 3

Activating the taste buds is one cause for the saliva to be generated. Also, pre-mashes the food and sets up for teeth to do their job