8 Amazing Facts You Didn't Know About Your Tongue

TASTE RECEPTORS ARE CONCENTRATED ON THE TIP OF YOUR TONGUE …

They're also clustered along the sides and at the back; the middle of the tongue is the least receptive area. The tongue is covered with tiny nodes called papillae, which house your taste buds, as well as the serous glands, required for the act of tasting.

AND THE IDEA THAT THE TONGUE HAS FLAVOR ZONES IS A MYTH.

That tongue map with different zones for different flavors that we all grew up learning? It's wrong. All taste buds are capable of detecting the five types of taste (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory), though different receptors are more responsive to different flavors.