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Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Human tongue can distinguish only among .......... distinct qualities of taste.

  1. Five

  2. Two

  3. Three

  4. Four
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In human beings tongue helps in the ingestion, chewing and swallowing of the food. The anterior part of tongue perceives sweet taste, posterior part bitter, lateral sides sour, and the sides just behind the tip of the tongue perceive salty taste. Thus option D is the correct answer.

Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Gustatory receptors are specialized in detecting

  1. Taste

  2. Light

  3. Smell

  4. Touch
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Gustatory receptors are also called taste receptors. Taste receptors recognize five basic tastes such as salty, sour, sweet, bitter and umami. Salty and sour tastes are detected with the help of ion channels in the tongue. Sweet, bitter, and umami tastes are detected with the help of G protein-coupled taste receptors. 

Thus the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

The function of tongue is to

  1. Help in the act of swallowing

  2. Help in mixing saliva with the food

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • The tongue functions as a digestive organ by facilitating the movement of food during mastication and help in swallowing.
  •  Other important functions include speech and taste. Our teeth help our tongue to grind food as the tongue mixes the food around your mouth.
  •  A dry tongue can't taste a thing, so saliva helps the tongue by keeping it wet. Saliva moistens food and helps to break it down, which makes it easier for the tongue to push the food back to swallow it. 
  • Hence, The function of the tongue is to help in the act of swallowing and Help in mixing saliva with the food.
  •  So, the correct answer is 'Both A and B'.
Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Taste buds are present on:

  1. small projection found on the upper surface of tongue

  2. small projection found on the lower surface of tongue

  3. on both the surface of tongue

  4. behind the tongue
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Taste buds are located within the papillae, which are the small projections found on the upper surface of the tongue.

Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Each taste bud has a cavity with a pore called as the

  1. Gustatory pore

  2. Taste pore

  3. Papilla pore

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Papillae give the tongue its rough texture. The surface of the papillae is covered by thousands of taste buds.
Taste buds have the taste sensors or the taste receptors inside them.
Each taste bud has a cavity with a pore called as the taste pore.
Inside each cavity is taste receptor cells or gustatory receptor cells, bathed in saliva.
Each receptor cell has a free hair-like cilium also called as the taste hair which projects into the outer taste pore.
Additionally, each receptor cell has a nerve fibre called as the gustatory nerve extending from its base to the taste centre of the brain.

Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Which of the papillae are not found in human?

  1. Fungiform papillae

  2. Circumvallate papillae

  3. Foliate papillae

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Humans possess fungiform, circumvallate, and foliate papillae. Since all these are found in humans, the statement that none of the above are missing is technically true, or the question is flawed.

Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Rough texture of the tongue is due to

  1. Muscosa

  2. Toongue bud

  3. Papillae

  4. Receptor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The rough texture of the tongue surface is caused by papillae, which are small nipple-like projections on the tongue epithelium. These include fungiform, filiform, circumvallate, and foliate papillae, with filiform papillae being the most numerous and responsible for the tongue's rough surface texture.