What is the purpose of the tongue?

Question

-what does it do in the digestive system?
-what role does it play?

Answer 1

dear friend the knowledge which i have regarding the role of tongue in digestion is that it softens the food paticle with help of saliva and help in breaking into small pieces with teeths.

apart from this tongue helps in supporting speech,is needed for sucking, chewing, swallowing, eating, drinking, tooth and gum health, kissing, sweeping the mouth for food debris and other particles (such as hairs), warming the air during mouth-breathing, and oral play (for instance, poking the tongue out and waggling it about for fun).

Answer 2

Tongue rings are fun as long as you follow the rules of your environment - for instance, don't wear a tongue ring in work places that ban them. Otherwise have fun go crazy =] If you do get it, make sure you go to a clean studio and that the piercer is using a brand new sterile needle. The swelling may last for a bit, but you can take ibuprofen to help. Also, use Crest Pro Health and rinse your mouth whenever you eat/drink/smoke/etc.

Answer 3

To lap up water and food and keep my fur looking beautiful !

Ever see a Giraffe or Anteater eat?

The tongue helps digestion by maneuvering food around in the mouth so that the teeth can mash it (not so much with us cats, we swallow a lot whole) This is really important for animals like cows who eat hard to digest food.

Answer 4

The tongue is used to actually taste food. It is important for the body to be able to detect food that is poisonous or bad, and these foods often have nasty tastes that the tongue will detect. The tongue also is used to help push the ball of food that is chewed while eating called a bolus. The tongue helps the bolus go down the esophagus.

Answer 5

The tongue is the large bundle of skeletal muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing, (deglutition). It is the primary organ of taste. Much of the surface of the tongue is covered in taste buds. The tongue with its wide variety of possible movements assists in forming the sounds of speech. It is sensitive and kept moist by saliva, richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels to help it be moved.

The tongue is often cited as the "strongest muscle in the body,"

Answer 6

Try pleasing a lady 100% without it...lol

Answer 7

To taste
to help move food around the mouth while masticating (chewing)

it also helps us talk.

Answer 8

-Positions food in a way to be chewed, then swallowed.
-Early warning system for poisons/spoiled food (bad taste).

Answer 9

Try talking without one.

Answer 10

Why, its to catch flies with of course!