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Helps you swallow your food and you use it to taste?
The tongue.
Why do you have a tongue?
You have a tongue to help mix your food with saliva and help push the moist food to the back of the throat to swallow.
Why does your food has taste if all you do is chew and swallow?
You have taste buds on your tongue.
What forces back food into the pharynx?
The tongue is the muscle that forces food into the pharynx. When you chew and then swallow, it is the back of your tongue that forces the food back and down your throat.
What forces food back into into pharynx?
The tongue is the muscle that forces food into the pharynx. When you chew and then swallow, it is the back of your tongue that forces the food back and down your throat.
Why can people swallow food while standing on their heads?
Swallowing has nothing to do with gravity, you tongue literally pushes food into your throat when you swallow. Swallowing is the utilization of a muscle.
What is tongue is for?
The tongue is a strong muscle that rolls your food into an easy to swallow ball after the teeth chew and the salivary glands moisten.
Do people swallow with their tongue?
No, people do not swallow with their tongue. Swallowing is a complex process that involves coordination of muscles in the throat and esophagus to move food or liquid from the mouth to the stomach. The tongue helps push food to the back of the mouth during swallowing, but it is not responsible for the actual act of swallowing.
What is the tongue's role in the digestive sytem?
Without a throat you won't be able to breath, consume food and water and other liquids.
What prevents food from going into your throat?
Food normally goes in your throat when you swallow. A coordinated swallow reflex, controlled partially by the tongue, helps you control the timing of swallowing.
What other organs does your tongue work with?
u would not be Abel to talk or eat or swallow food.
What kind of food breakdown occurs in the mouth?
Your saliva breaks down the food along with your teeth and your tongue helps you swallow it.
