Contrary to what you may have learned in school, different areas of the tongue don’t detect different flavors—instead, each taste bud has all five taste receptors built in.

It is true that the tip and edges of the tongue are particularly sensitive to tastes, as these areas contain many tiny sensory organs called taste buds.

Most taste buds are on the sides, back, and tip of your tongue. And they're all basically the same. Every bud can sense a variety of tastes.

Your tongue and 10,000 taste buds are amazing. Just take a close-up look at all they do!

However, scientists believed that the density of taste buds on the tongue also played a part – a belief that goes back more than 20 years – and that taste bud density and supertasting could ...

"Your taste buds can kind of change and evolve as you age and some of that may be generic — your genes turning on and off," ...

Possible causes of tongue bumps include injuries, allergies, and infections. Tongue bumps are usually harmless, but some indicate an underlying condition that needs medical treatment. Taste buds ...

There are many explanations for a white tongue, which occurs when taste buds and glands dry out. Most—but not all—are not cause for concern ...

The taste bud diagram, used in many textbooks over the years, originated in a 1901 study but was actually showing the sensitivity of different areas of the tongue.

The tool strips off that white film containing a buildup of bacteria, food particles and dead cells trapped between the crevices of the tongue’s taste buds.