THE SENSE OF TASTE

THE TASTE

The taste is one of the five senses that the humans have. It's attached to smell.

The organ of the taste is the tongue. 

The tongue is in your mouth and is a muscle very sensible full cover for a small grains called taste buds.  

Thanks to them you can know if something is spicy, hot or cold.....

This organ is very important because without it we can't talk.

Bellow you can see in this picture the main parts of the tongue:

 

 

The tongue is divide in several parts, each one of them allows you to differentiate if the flavor is sweet, salty, bitter or sour.

 

 

Is necessary that the tongue is wet continually, it's thanks to a special substance called saliva. 

The saliva also is a important factor in the process of the digestion.

 

Now you can see a funny and complete video where explain the importance of the tongue and the sense of taste for us.