Today's Medical Topic: What does the tongue do? Besides taste delicious things I mean.
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| Let's get technical. |
My Research Today: The tongue is a muscular hydrostat. What is a muscular hydrostat? A muscular hydrostat is a biological structure composed of muscles with no skeletal structures that assists or manipulates food or other sundry items. Some animals move with their tongue but not humans. Except maybe for the Black Knight in Monty Python.
Your tongue is covered with mucosa and the tiny bumps on it are called papillae. Cat's tongues papillae are super pronounced and rough like sand paper. Human tongues have a texture but are not as aggressive. Your taste buds connect to to nerves that run into the brain and give you the sense of taste.
Everyone knows the four major tastes of sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Four things that humans taste on a evolutionary scale. Sweet equals the carbs we need to move and salt equals the sodium we need for every cell interaction in our body. Sour and bitter help us to distinguish between things we may not want to eat.
There is a fifth taste, however. Umami is the fifth basic taste our tongues can detect. This taste detects glutamates and nucleotides and is described as a "brothy" or "meaty" taste. This fifth taste does not seem super useful until you understand that the evolutionary aspect of the umami taste is for breast milk.
All parts of your tongue can discern all five tastes so "maps" of your tongue are bullshit. It is an amazing organ in and of itself but who knew it lent so much to our development?
Well, I hope you enjoyed this article. Have a good night.
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| Come back here and I'll bite you to death |
Everyone knows the four major tastes of sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Four things that humans taste on a evolutionary scale. Sweet equals the carbs we need to move and salt equals the sodium we need for every cell interaction in our body. Sour and bitter help us to distinguish between things we may not want to eat.
There is a fifth taste, however. Umami is the fifth basic taste our tongues can detect. This taste detects glutamates and nucleotides and is described as a "brothy" or "meaty" taste. This fifth taste does not seem super useful until you understand that the evolutionary aspect of the umami taste is for breast milk.
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| Hell yes boobs! We are genetically inclined to love them. |
Well, I hope you enjoyed this article. Have a good night.
Quest to 180:
Activity Today: 2 mile walk, I couldn't muster more.
Diet today: My gum is killing me, I really can't eat much.
The MAN:
Confidence Level: Meh.
Social Engineering Tactics: Nothing
Diet today: My gum is killing me, I really can't eat much.
The MAN:
Confidence Level: Meh.
Social Engineering Tactics: Nothing
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Disclaimer: I am not a health care provider, any information presented in this blog should not be considered advice it is mearly an outlet to slake my curiosity. You should always consult your primary medical provider for any concerns or illness. Unlike Tylenol, I am not approved by the FDA or American Medical Association to treat or provide relief for any ailment.
Disclaimer: I am not a health care provider, any information presented in this blog should not be considered advice it is mearly an outlet to slake my curiosity. You should always consult your primary medical provider for any concerns or illness. Unlike Tylenol, I am not approved by the FDA or American Medical Association to treat or provide relief for any ailment.
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