What is the Role of the Tongue in the Human Body?

The tongue helps us talk, eat, and taste food. It is a muscle that moves around in our mouth. The tongue helps push food to our teeth to chew and helps us swallow. It also has tiny bumps called taste buds that help us know how food tastes.

Example: When you eat ice cream, your tongue helps you move it around and taste its sweetness!

Fun Fact: The tongue can sense different tastes like sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. That's how we know if we like or don't like our food!

Multiple Choice Questions:

1. What does the tongue help us do when we eat?

a) See the food

b) Smell the food

c) Taste the food

d) Touch the food

2. Which of these is a job of the tongue?

a) Help us walk

b) Help us breathe

c) Help us talk

d) Help us jump

3. What part of the food does the tongue help with?

a) Cooking

b) Chewing

c) Smelling

d) Drinking

4. What do we call the tiny bumps on the tongue?

a) Teeth

b) Hair

c) Taste buds

d) Cells

5. What does the tongue help us do when we drink?

a) Fly

b) Squeeze

c) Swallow

d) Dance

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