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Tongue

The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth that aids in digestion, taste, and speech, with taste buds detecting sweet, salty, sour, and bitter flavors located in different areas. Diarrhoea is a condition characterized by frequent watery stools, leading to dehydration, especially in children, and can be life-threatening if not treated. To prevent dehydration, Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) of sugar and salt in water is recommended for recovery.

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Tongue

The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth that aids in digestion, taste, and speech, with taste buds detecting sweet, salty, sour, and bitter flavors located in different areas. Diarrhoea is a condition characterized by frequent watery stools, leading to dehydration, especially in children, and can be life-threatening if not treated. To prevent dehydration, Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) of sugar and salt in water is recommended for recovery.

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Tongue

The tongue is a fleshy muscular organ in the mouth which is attached at


the back to the floor of the buccal cavity (mouth cavity).

The various functions of the tongue are as follows:

1) The tongue helps in mixing saliva with food during chewing (which is
essential for the digestion of food).
2) The tongue helps in swallowing the food into the food pipe.
3) The tongue helps in getting the taste of food.
4) The tongue is essential for talking (or speaking).

There are four types of tastes : sweet, salty, sour and bitter.

For example: sugar solution has a sweet taste, common salt solution has
a salty taste, lemon juice has a sour taste whereas an extract of neem
leaves or bitter gourd (karela) has a bitter taste.

The tongue has taste buds which detect different tastes of food. Our
tongue has four kind

taste buds which detect sweet, salty, sour and bitter tastes. The taste
buds for each of these tastes are located in different parts of the tongue.

Different parts of the tongue are sensitive to different tastes.


(1) Most taste buds at the front of the tongue detect sweet and
salty tastes. The maximum effect of sweet taste is felt at the tip of
the tongue whereas the maximum effect of salty taste is felt just behind
the tip of the tongue.
(2) Most of the taste buds on the sides of the tongue detect sour taste .
(3) Most of the taste buds at the back of the tongue detect bitter taste .

Diarrhoea
The condition in which a person passes out watery stools frequently is
called diarrhoea. Diarrhoea may be caused by an infection (due to
disease causing micro-organisms), food poisoning or indigestion.
Diarrhoea is very common in children.

Diarrhoea leads to the loss of water and salts from the body of a person
(through frequent watery stools). The loss of water from the body of a
person through watery stools is called dehydration.

The sudden loss of too much water (or dehydration) makes a person
dangerously ill in a very short time. Excessive dehydration of body caused
by diarrhoea can even lead to death

In order to prevent dehydration, the person suffering from diarrhoea


should be given a solution of sugar and salt in clean water, many times a
day. The solution of sugar and salt in water is called Oral Rehydration
Solution (ORS) (because it is given to the person orally, through
mouth). ORS makes up the loss of water and salt in the body. The sugar
gives energy which helps in speedy recovery.

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