ABOUT YOUR TONGUE?
You may be surprised to learn your tongue print is as unique to you as your fingerprints. Your tongue is also very flexible because it’s al !
muscle—in fact, it’s made up of eight muscles working together. They’re the only muscles in your body that move without shifting any of your bones.
Your tongue has betwe " n 2,000 and 4,000 taste buds. These are buried inside papil ! ae, the lit # le bumps you can se " on top of your tongue. Each papil ! a has six to eight taste buds packed with sensory cel ! s. People used to believe dif + erent areas on the tongue were able to detect dif + erent tastes: swe " t, sour, salty, and bit # er. Now scientists know these tastes are detected al ! over the tongue.
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