Tongue and its Functions
Tongue and its Functions: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Tongue, Tastes, Function of Tongue, Sour Taste, Parts of Tongue, Bitter Taste, Tastelessness, Salty Taste, Sweet Taste and, Taste of Different Food around Us
Important Questions on Tongue and its Functions
The dorsal surface of the _____ has many taste buds.
Do you like one kind of taste or different ones? Why?
List five things you like to eat and describe their taste.
Why did Amina and Shelmas's mouth start watering when they heard the word tamarind? When does your mouth water?
Which part of the mouth is touched when pronouncing 'ta', 'tha'?
How do we get to know the taste of the food?
Do you know that every food has a different taste. According to taste fill in the table below.
| No | Taste | Name of food items |
| 1 | Sweet | |
| 2 | Sour | |
| 3 | Spicy | |
| 4 | Bitter | |
| 5 | Salty |
Where on the tongue should you preferably place a tablet with a bitter taste?
Which part of the tongue helps us identify sweet food?
There are many items to give taste to our tongue, aren't there? Can you tabulate them?
| Vegetables | Fruits | Pulses | Tubers | Leafy Vegetables |
| Pumpkin | Apple | Green gram | Taro | Amaranthus(Cheera) |
Bitter gourd |
Grapes | Bengal Gram | Tapioca | Boerhaavia(Thazhuthama) |
Is there anything other than these that we should include in our food?
Collect a few food items having different kinds of taste. Play a game with your friends as Madhu and Radha did. Tell your friend to taste the food and ask–
one at a time put some things to eat in other parts of your mouth– under the tongue, on the lips, on the roof of the mouth. Did you get any taste there?
Collect a few food items having different kinds of taste. Play a game with your friends like Madhu and Radha did. Tell your friend to taste the food and ask– which taste could be made out on which part of the tongue? Mark these parts on the picture given.
Collect a few food items having different kinds of taste. Play a game with your friends like Madhu and Radha did. Tell your friend to taste the food and ask– on which part of the tongue could you get the most taste– in front, at the back, on the left or right side of the tongue?
Collect a few food items having different kinds of taste. Play a game with your friends as Madhu and Radha did. Tell your friend to taste the food and ask- How did it taste? What was the food item?
Radha put a few drops of lemon juice in Madhu's mouth. Do you think we can make out the taste with just a few drops?
Radha's mouth started watering when she heard the word imli. When does your mouth water? List five things you like to eat and describe their taste.
When Madhu tasted some things, she said “Sssee, sssee, sssee…” What do you think she may have eaten?
Unscramble the following word to make a meaningful word.
ONGTEU
Which organ helps us to speak and taste the food?
Write one function of taste buds.
