However, some tongue bumps will need medical treatment from a doctor. What do bumps on the back of the tongue mean? Bumps on the back of the tongue could indicate injury, infection, allergies ...

She found that people have different numbers of fungiform papillae, with tongue topography ranging ... which float up through the back of our mouths to activate a suite of smell receptors in ...

I simply scrape from back to front with light pressure ... or what’s called the ‘papillae’ on your tongue,” Dr. Pia Lieb, founder of Cosmetic Dentistry Center NYC, says.

“Normally, your tongue is covered with papillae. Papillae are tiny, hair-like projections that protect your tongue. People with geographic tongue have fewer papillae than normal. The patches may ...

The tongue-- sorry, the tongue ... Most people think those are our taste buds, but they're actually the papillae, which help grip your food. In the tips of those papillae are where our 10,000 ...