How can the digestive system function without the tongue?
Posted by Gloria T
you just wouldn't taste anything or be able to mash up food properly.. probably be on an all-liquid diet.
Posted by Brandiibaby
the digestive system can still work w/o a tongue. it will just be hard to get the food down there.
Posted by zag
the tongue is simply a muscle that aids in passing food from the oral cavity into the esophagus; thus it is not neccesarily an important part of the digestive system, it just makes life easier; the main muscular support that cannot be done away with is peristalsis (wavelike contractions that assist in the movement of food through the digestive tract)
Posted by dawn woods, biologist
People on feeding tubes aren't using their tongues.
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