2007-04-20 07:29:40 · 9 answers · asked by lily_evans 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes. For example, the region that tastes bitter tastes is on the back of your tongue. From an evolutionary standpoint this makes sense because most poisons are bitter and your taste buds being that close to your gag reflex probably saved a lot of lives.
2007-04-20 07:40:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly true. There are 5 basics tastes and all taste sensations are based on combinations of the basic ones. The 5 tastes are bitter, sour, salty, sweet, and umami. Each taste is detected all over the tongue but some areas have higher sensitivity.
So there are sensitive regions, but they are not totally specific.
2007-04-20 07:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by semdot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/tongue/label/labeltongue.shtml
2007-04-20 07:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not. The original "tongue map" was apparently the result of a mistranslation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste_buds
http://www.asha.org/about/publications/leader-online/archives/2002/q4/f021022a.htm
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060829_bad_tongue.html
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0008DB75-22F1-1CBF-B4A8809EC588EEDF
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/the_tongue_map/
2007-04-20 07:44:35 · answer #4 · answered by EdrickV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's true
2007-04-20 07:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes taste buds
2007-04-20 07:37:27 · answer #6 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-04-20 07:34:09 · answer #7 · answered by EMP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just check your biology book. :-)
2007-04-20 07:32:46 · answer #8 · answered by hillbilly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
2007-04-20 07:32:22 · answer #9 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋