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Cat Got Your Tongue?

Quiz

Think you're up to the challange of this Tongue Quiz? Keep track of your answers on a piece of paper. Then check your answers at the end. Good Luck!

1. How many muscles make up the tongue?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 10
d. 2

2. What does the word “glossus” mean?
a. Lips
b. Tongue
c. Taste buds
d. Throat

3. What keeps you from swallowing your tongue?
a. Lips
b. Frenulum
c. Mandible
d. Hyoid bone

4. What is NOT true about taste buds?
a. Everyone has taste buds
b. Taste buds are tiny
c. You never get new taste buds
d. You are born with about 10,000 taste buds

5. Which muscles pulls the tongue back?
a. Styloglossus
b. Genioglossus
c. Heart
d. Abs

6. Which is something smoking DOESN’T do to your tongue?
a. Loss of taste buds
b. Tongue cancer
c. Makes it smaller
d. Makes it stink

7. You can swallow your tongue?
a. True
b. False

8. Your nose affects your taste?
a. True
b. False

9. The tongue is a digestive organ?
a. True
b. False

10. What does the phrase 'Cat Got Your Tongue?' mean?
a. A cat is eating your tongue.
b. Cat's do not eat tongues.
c. You're to quiet, speak up.
d. None of the above.

11. What is the color of a healthy tongue?
a. Pinkish-red
b. Green
c. White
d. Yellowish

12. Frog's tongues are blue.
a. True
b. False

13. Why do cats have such rough tongues?
a. Because they replace taste buds faster
b. They have more taste buds
c. They have more papillae
d. Because they have a smaller tongue

14. Some people have to have their tongue removed.
a. True
b. False

15. To get rid of tongue cancer what do doctors do?
a. Surgery
b. Radiotherapy
c. Chemotheraphy
d. All of the Above

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