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yes. if you have a glossectomy(tongue removal) you can be fitted with a tongue prosthesis.
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What are the surface elevations of the tongue capable of perceiving taste called?
Rough projections on the surface of the tongue called PAPILLAE contain taste buds.
What is the taste organ?
The tongue.
Tongue has taste buds to determine?
Four taste sensations: bitter (back of the tongue) sweet (tip of the tongue) salty (tip of the tongue) sour (sides of the tongue)
Where is the taste buds found?
The four basic kinds of tastes are: sweet, salty, sour and bitter. The salty/sweet taste buds are located near the front of the tongue; the sour taste buds line the sides of the tongue; and the bitter taste buds are found at the very back of the tongue. The center of the tongue has few taste buds. Babies have more taste buds than older children and adults. Not only do babies have taste buds on the tongue, but also on the sides and roof of the mouth. Taste buds disappear from the sides and roof of the mouth as a baby gets older, leaving taste buds mostly on the tongue.
How can you taste?
Taste is one of the five senses, it uses sensory impressions of food or other substances on the tongue. The taste buds on the tongue help the person taste the food.
What are the surface elevations of the tongue capable of perceiving taste called?
Rough projections on the surface of the tongue called PAPILLAE contain taste buds.
What are the surface elevaions of the tongue capable of perceiving taste called?
Papillae
How does the place on your tongue affect what you taste?
the place on your tongue affects what you taste because of the different places on your tongue have different taste buds
What is the taste organ?
The tongue.
How do you taste something?
Your tongue has taste buds. When you eat something, different sections of your tongue taste it depending on what it is.
What are tongue tongue?
They are taste buds, so you can taste all the goodness in your food
Tongue has taste buds to determine?
Four taste sensations: bitter (back of the tongue) sweet (tip of the tongue) salty (tip of the tongue) sour (sides of the tongue)
About how many taste buds cover the tongue?
Their is an average of 10,000 taste buds on your tongue.
What part of the tongue is sensitive to salty taste?
Tongue maps reveal that the tip of the tongue is the part that is the most sensitive to salty taste. However, recent research argues that tongue maps are not valid and that an individual's taste buds experience taste the same.
How are jellyfish capable of smell taste?
jelly fish are capable of smell and taste by its tentacles
What other sense is a friend of the tongue?
smell taste is actually quite a rudimentary sense, only capable of five distinctions while smell is up in the thirties.
Where is the taste buds found?
The four basic kinds of tastes are: sweet, salty, sour and bitter. The salty/sweet taste buds are located near the front of the tongue; the sour taste buds line the sides of the tongue; and the bitter taste buds are found at the very back of the tongue. The center of the tongue has few taste buds. Babies have more taste buds than older children and adults. Not only do babies have taste buds on the tongue, but also on the sides and roof of the mouth. Taste buds disappear from the sides and roof of the mouth as a baby gets older, leaving taste buds mostly on the tongue.
