TONGUE

TONGUE TWISTER

• Your tongue is partly a muscle.
• Without your tongue you would not be able to talk.
• The tongue helps you eat.

TONGUE HELD DOWN TIGHT

• A Frenulum helps hold your tongue to your mouth.
• A frenulum is known as a membrane.
• It is impossible to swallow your tongue.

TASTY TIDBITS

• Your tongue is covered with bumps.
• Those bumps are known as papillae.
• Papillae helps you grip your food.

TRAVELING TASTES

• Each taste bud has its own taste cell.
• A taste bud helps you taste your food.
• Macrovilli, microscopic hairs, is basically a taste bud.

FRIEND OF THE TONGUE

• Your nose helps you taste along with the tongue.
• Lips, Teeth, and Mouth help your tongue also.
• Saliva is a friend of the tongue.

FIGHTING GERMS

• The back of your tongue has whats kniwn as a lingual tonsil.
• Tonsils are small masses of tissue.
• Tonsilitis affects the palatine.

THE TONGUE IS ONE TOUGH WORKER

• Your tongue never rests.
• Your tongue is always busy.