Video Transcript
Which of these correctly describes
the role of the tongue? Option (A) it turns food in the
mouth. Option (B) it helps us taste
food. Option (C) it helps mix food with
saliva. Or option (D) all of the answers
are correct.
We know that the tongue plays an
important part in more than one way. We know that it does turn food in
our mouths. Our tongue moves the food around to
help our different sorts of teeth cut, tear, and grind the food into smaller
parts. The tongue does allow us to taste
food. We don’t need to taste food in
order to digest it, but this is one of the roles that the tongue has. We also know that the tongue does
help mix food with saliva. The enzymes in saliva will begin
the process of breaking down food into useful components even before we swallow
it. The tongue is also important for
swallowing food.
Each of the statements in the first
three options are correct. The correct response is option (D);
all of the answers are correct.
