What are the parts of the tongue and their functions?

Answer:
Tongue is composed of bundles of skeletal muscle tissue
Functions: 1) Mixes food 2) Articulates Speech 3) Contains taste Receptors
4) chewing 5) Swallowing Functions

The Tongue is divided into 3 parts: Apex, body and Root

Lingual tonsils are on the roof of the tongue
Lingual Papillae: 1) cover the upper surface of the tongue and contains the
taste buds
Lingual Glands: inside the tongue tissue that produce saliva
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