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Detailed explanation-1: -Taste buds are sensory organs that are found on your tongue and allow you to experience tastes that are sweet, salty, sour, and bitter.

Detailed explanation-2: -That’s because the top of your tongue is covered with a layer of bumps called papillae (say: puh-PILL-ee). Papillae help grip food and move it around while you chew. And they contain your taste buds, so you can taste everything from apples to zucchini! People are born with about 10, 000 taste buds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although the human soft palate contains taste buds, the main organ of taste is classically considered the tongue and the primary structure that house the sensory endings are the papillae.

Detailed explanation-4: -The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for mastication and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue’s upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste buds housed in numerous lingual papillae.

Detailed explanation-5: -What does the tongue do? A digestive organ, your tongue moves food around your mouth to help you chew and swallow. It also helps you make different sounds so you can speak and form words clearly. Your tongue helps keep your airway open so you can breathe properly, too.