The tongue

We call this "the tongue shot"

Flower, iris

This iris seems to stick its tongue out as well.

ouch!

tongue piercing. this must be hurt.

tongue twister

can you do the tongue twister "truly rural"?

my daughter

Misty sticking out her tongue at her brother.

Flowers, iris

I always found that an iris looks like it sticks its tongue out at you. This photo seems to prove my theory.

Angel sticking out her tongue

funny girl

Royal Russell With His Tongue Out

This is a picture of my precious friend, Russell, acting silly!

A jolly good tongue lashing!

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tongue

The tongue is the large bundle of skeletal muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for chewing and swallowing (deglutition). It is the primary organ of taste. Much of the upper surface of the tongue is covered in papillae and taste buds. The tongue, with its wide variety of possible movements, assists in forming the sounds of speech. It is sensitive and kept moist by saliva, and is richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels to help it move. Structure The tongue is made mainly of skeletal muscle. The tongue extends much further than is commonly perceived, past the posterior border of the mouth and into the oropharynx. The dorsum (upper surface) of the tongue can be divided into two parts:* an oral part (anterior two-thirds of the tongue) that lies mostly in the mouth* a pharyngeal part (posterior third of the tongue), which faces backward to the oropharynx The two parts are separated by a V-shaped groove, which marks the sulcus terminalis (or terminal sulcus). Since the tongue contains no bony supports for the muscles, the tongue is an example of a muscular hydrostat, similar in concept to an octopus arm. Instead of bony attachments, the extrinsic muscles of the tongue anchor the tongue firmly to surrounding bones and prevent the mythical possibility of 'swallowing' the tongue.