Answer
The tongue is which has important roles in the digestive functions of mastication, taste detection, and swallowing. It is also important in the non-digestive function of speech.
Work Step by Step
The tongue is a mobile organ in the mouth. Its mobility derives from it attachment to the mandible, the styloid process of the temporal bone, and to the hyoid bone. Functions of the tongue include assistance in the processes of chewing, swallowing (deglution), the detection of taste, and in the production of speech.
