Tongue Facts
Introduction:Hello, for this week's writing work we had to choose a part of the human body and I chose a Tongue because you use it alot when you speak and also your teeth help you speak as well ! Did you also know that the tongue is one of the most important parts of a person's mouth.
1.How long is an average tongue ?
Most tongue sizes are about 3 inches and an adult man's average tongue length would be 3.3 inches (8.5 cm) and an adult woman's average tongue length would be 3.1 inches (10.1 cm )
2.How many taste buds do we have ?
The average amount of taste buds would be about 10,000 and they are also replaced every 2 weeks or maybe a bit longer. Also as you start getting older you might start to lose your taste a bit that's why food would taste stronger for us than adults because sometimes a person's age there taste cells don't get replaced so that could mean that us kids have 10,000 taste buds and if your older the average taste buds would be about 5,000.
3.Are tongues as unique as a fingerprint ?
Did you know that everyone has a unique tongue print its like a finger print and our tongues have identifying marks left on our tongue like our fingerprints when ever we put our fingers somewhere it leaves a mark like our tongue but since our tongue is protected by our mouth it doesn't leave that much marks but you still put your tongue in A LOT of different places but you just don't know it most times so it does make a mark!
Here is a tongue twister. Let's see if you can do it ?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers