Tongue
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tongue-180-10440786
title:
Tongue
text:
The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for chewing and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste buds housed in numerous lingual papillae. It is sensitive and kept moist by saliva and is richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels. The tongue also serves as a natural means of cleaning the teeth. A major function of the tongue is the enabling of speech in
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wiki
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description:
Muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue
date created:
2002-06-10T16:23:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T11:59:40Z
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