Question

Taste buds are distributed all over the:
A)Jaw
B)Tongue
C)Mouth
D)Both B and C

Answer 1

Hint: The tongue is secured to the mouth by networks of tough tissue and mucosa. The tether holding down the front of the tongue is known as the frenum. In the back, the tongue is anchored into the hyoid bone. The tongue is imperative for biting, chewing and swallowing food, just as for speech.

Complete answer:
The tongue is a muscular organ. The tongue is covered with damp, pink tissue called mucosa. Tiny bumps called papillae give the tongue its rough surface. A huge number of taste buds cover the surfaces of the papillae. Taste buds are collections of nerve-like cells that connects with nerves running into the brain.

The four basic tastes are sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. A fifth taste, called umami, comes about because of tasting glutamate (present in MSG). The tongue has numerous nerves that help identify and send taste signs to the brain. Because of this, all parts of the tongue can distinguish these four normal tastes; the regularly portrayed "taste map" of the tongue doesn't generally exist.
Taste buds are nerve endings which are distributed on the tongue which help in the identification of taste. Taste receptor cells are grouped in taste buds which help in recognizing taste like salty, sweet, sour and umami. Small openings called taste pores are present on the tongue epithelium. Food breaks and dissolves into the saliva and comes into contact with the taste receptors through taste pores.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B)

Note: The human tongue is divided into two sections, an oral part at the front and a pharyngeal part at the back. The left and right sides are separated along a large portion of its length by a vertical section of fibrous tissue (the lingual septum) that results in a notch, the median sulcus, on the tongue's surface.