Question

Jhoolan put a few drops of lemon juice in Jhumpa’s mouth. Do you think we can make out the taste with just a few drops?

Answer 1

Hint: The gustatory organ is present inside our mouth whose primary function is sense of taste. It also helps in mastication of food.

Complete Answer:
- Jhoolan put a few drops of lemon in Jhumpa’ mouth. Jhumpa will be able to make out the taste due to the tongue. Tongue is the important organ in the digestive system. It is the primary organ of taste in the gustatory system.
- The upper surface of the tongue is covered by taste buds. The taste in the tongue stimulates the taste receptors.
- Plasma membranes of the gustatory hairs are the site of taste transduction. The taste buds have taste receptor cells which can sense particular classes of tastes.
- The taste receptors can sense different types of taste like sweet, bitter, sour, salty, spicy etc.

1.BITTER, 2. SOUR, 3 SALTY, 4.SWEET

The other functions of tongue are as follows-
- The tongue enables speech.
- Tongue is an important organ of the digestive system. It helps in mastication of food and softening of food before swallowing.
- In some animals tongues are especially adapted for catching prey.

Note: Tongue is a muscular organ present inside the mouth. Tongue is a specialised organ which has taste buds to identify various kinds of taste. Taste along with the smell helps in identifying the flavour of the food.