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Yes, there are nerves in the middle of your tongue.
There are several different kinds of nerves. Some are pain nerves. Other nerves measure pressure, temperature, and location.
Different areas of the body have different mixtures of these nerves. For example, the hands have more nerves that sense temperature than most of your skin, and the fingertips are more sensitive to pressure than most areas.
The tongue is not extremely sensitive to pressure on the outside, but is very sensitive to it on the inside. This is why a light bite of the tongue doesn't hurt, but suddenly hurts more when the bite is harder.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoGlossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) is responsible for taste in the 1/3 posterior of the tongue.
Facial nerve (CN VII), specifically chorda tympani branch is responsible for taste in the 2/3 anterior of the tongue.
The intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue are controlled by hypoglossal nerve (CN VII).
Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
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∙ 14y agoA lot, but due to the location of the tongue piercing it misses them.
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∙ 12y agothere are four receptors:
- sweet
- sour
- salty
- bitter
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∙ 11y agoThe human tongue has about 10,000 taste buds, but the Seawolf (Anarhichas lupus), has 27,000.
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∙ 11y agogvtgcuf
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Where do the cranial nerves exit?
The cranial nerves exit from the brain inside the cranial cavity.
Taste buds are monitored by cranial nerves?
Cranial nerves #7 (VII) #9 (IX) and #10 (X)
What is the twelfth cranial nerve?
The vagus nerve is the tenth cranial nerve. It is considered as one of the most important of all the twelve cranial nerves. These twelve cranial nerves, the vagus nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. The vagus nerve originates in the medulla oblongata, a part of the brain stem.
What part of the nervous system consists of all of the spinal nerves and cranial nerves is the?
Peripheral nervous system consist of all of the Cranial nerves and Spinal nerves. This division is Anatomical and not Physiological.
What two cranial nerves on the stimulated side must be functional for pupillary light reflex to occur?
Cranial nerves 2 and 3
Pure sensory cranial nerve?
Cranial nerves are primarily sensory. These nerves are directly between the brain and the brainstem and are responsible for smell, vision, eye movement, facial sensation, and the tongue movement.
Where the cranial nerves belong?
Cranial Nerves 1-2 Cranial Nerves 3-4 belong to the midbrain. Cranial Nerves 5-8 belong to the pons. Cranial Nerves 9-12 belong to the hindbrain.
How many cranial nerves are?
How many cranial nerves are there
Why are cranial nerves known as cranial neveres not branial nerves?
Because somebody would ask why it wasn't cranial nerves instead of brainial nerves.
Are Cranial nerves paired?
yes! there are 12 pairs of cranial nerves
Where do the cranial nerves exit?
The cranial nerves exit from the brain inside the cranial cavity.
How many pairs are of the cranial nerves?
There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves that are part of the PNS. These nerves are sensory, mixed and mostly motor.
How many cranial nerves does a rat have?
Rats have twelve pairs of cranial nerves.
Which nerves innervate the taste buds?
Brances of the Facial (VII), Glossopharyngeal (IX), and Vagus (X) cranial nerves carry information about taste
How many cranial nerves do cats have?
The number of cranial nerves that a cat have is 12. The cranial nerves are mostly located at the cats brain.
Arises from cranial and sacral nerves?
The Parasympathetic Division arises from cranial and sacral nerves.
How many cranial nerves?
nerves emerging from brain are called cranial nerves.they are 12 pairs
