How does your tongue work?

Answer 1

The tongue has many functions. These include:

- Digestion (taste, saliva, aid chewing by movement of food to the back of the throat)

- Communication (speech)

- Kissing

The tongue is a very strong muscle. In fact, it's the strongest muscle in the human body. It helps you speak (pronounce letters clearly), and also helps you eat.
Your tongue is used in the various forms of articulation, such as whistle, speech, singing and so on.

It is also (and its native purpose) is to manipulate food in the mouth.

We may also taste and touch things with our tongue.

It is of minor use in removing debris from the teeth.

Answer 2

Your tongue is made up of lots of groups of muscles which run in different directions, so that your tongue can move in lots of different directions, and cope with all its different jobs. Underneath your tongue is a soft, thin and smooth skin called mucous membrane. If you look under your friend's tongue you will be able to see through the mucous membrane and see blood vessels. The tongue's muscles need a lot of blood because they are working all of the time! At the back of your mouth are your tonsils. One is called the lingual tonsil (say ling-yu-all) and is at the back of your tongue. The other two tonsils are called palatine tonsils (say pal-a-tine). You can see them when you look down your throat - they are at each side. Tonsils help catch and destroy germs which try to get into your body. Sometimes there are too many germs, and the tonsils get swollen up. That's when you get tonsillitis. (say ton-sil-eye-tuss) Your tongue is fastened to the jaw bone (mandible) and to the front of your throat. The part of your throat that you can see when you look past the tonsils is called the pharynx (say far-inks).
It has taste buds on it that create taste in your mouth when you eat or drink something.

Answer 3

the tongue moves by it sixteen muscels

Answer 4

its make food go smoother and faster