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How Much Do You Know About Your Tongue https://www.webmd.com/oral-health/rm-quiz-tongue

2022.10.27
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How many muscles make up your tongue?

〇 1

〇 8

〇 25

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Answer: 8

It looks like it’s one big muscle, but your tongue is actually a bundle of four that help it change shape, and four more that move it around. All eight are grouped into one big happy tongue family by a mucous membrane.

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How many taste buds call your tongue home?

〇 50-100

〇 5000-100000

〇 50000-100000

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Answer 5000-100000

The bumps you see and feel on your tongue aren’t taste buds — they’re called papillae. Just one papilla can have several thousand taste buds inside it. You can also find buds on the inside of your cheeks, the back of your throat, and other parts of your mouth.

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How often do your taste buds replace themselves?

〇 Everyday

〇 Every 2 weeks

〇 Never — you have one set for a lifetime

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Answer Every 2 weeks

Their life cycle is about 14 days. This means that every day, about 10% of the taste buds on your tongue are hit with new flavors for the very first time.

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Does your sense of taste change as you get older?

〇 No, it stays about the same.

〇 Yes, it gets stronger.

〇 Yes, it gets weaker.

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Answer:Yes, it gets weaker.

As you age, some of your taste buds stop replacing themselves. That means older adults have only about 5,000 working ones — that’s roughly half the number kids have.

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Which of these is not a taste your tongue can detect?

〇 Savory

〇 Bitter

〇 Spicy

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Answer:Spicy 

Science has named five official tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami (savory). Spicy isn’t a taste — it’s a pain signal. You may think food tastes spicy, but it’s how the nerves in your tongue tell your brain there’s pain and heat in your mouth.

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True or false: Your taste buds are grouped in
“zones” for different flavors.

〇 True

〇 False

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Answer:False

The sides of your tongue are more sensitive to flavor than the middle, but every part of your tongue can taste all five flavors equally.

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Which of these is not an actual tongue condition?

〇 Hairy tongue

〇 Scrotal tongue

〇 Broken tongue

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