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This information about the mouth that we offer here in Science Daily Online , they are a complement to other articles that we have already written before, such as the one dedicated to the language, or the writing about saliva.
However, as we know that our body still houses very interesting things , we decided to bring you more information.
9 facts about the mouth that WILL SURPRISE you
1.The mouth is a set of muscles
Look at a skeleton: the Skull and lower jaw provide structural support for the muscles that make up the contour of the face.It is difficult to think that only a group of muscles shape our oral cavity , as it is of incredible complexity.

All these muscles make mouth movements possible, be they the formation of words, whistling, smiling, pouting or showing teeth in threatening gestures.
2.Many, many taste buds
For you to have more information about the mouth, you should know that your tongue is completely covered with, literally, thousands of taste buds (in an average adult there will be approximately 10,000).

Taste buds are what make it possible to recognize flavors, along with saliva, and are very small bumps on the surface of the tongue; under a microscope, you will see them as mushrooms with nerve endings.Over time, these nerve endings are dying, and with them our ability to taste.
3.Saliva is filtered blood?
More or less.Obviously blood, which is our main body fluid, is the source of saliva.It happens that as blood flows and passes through the numerous glands located in various parts of the face, the plasma will filters and eventually becomes saliva.
That is the work of salivary glands, responsible for the reabsorption of certain elements of the plasma, and that allow other elements to transform into the final product.
4.The mouth is practically a unit with nose and eyes
Our mouth is interconnected with the nose and eyes, although it is not possible to pass a thread of a hole to the other.
It is more accurate to say that they share a complicated series of glands, openings and tubes, which lead thin Only two of our main systems: the digestive system, which ends in the stomach, and the respiratory system, which leads to the trachea and lungs.
Therefore, when you become congested with a flu, it is very common have your nose covered and your eyes cry.
5.Teeth, made of the hardest substance
Did you know that after the diamond, the tooth enamel Is the hardest substance on Earth ? It is also called adamantinated tissue , and is a covering composed of hydroxyapatite-the hardest mineral in the human body that is present in the bones, although in lower density-.

The enamel covers the crown of the teeth and makes them practically indestructible, from there it is necessary for dentists to use miniature drills to treat them.That is why they can take your teeth out of a blow, but they do not always break them.
Keeping the enamel healthy is, then, one of the most important things if we want to preserve the health of our mouth.
6.Is the tongue one?
It seems Yes, right? But in reality it is a combination of four different muscles , each responsible for different functions; so it is possible that you can move your tongue in all directions, and that you can perform other large movements complexity, necessary to speak, eat and swallow.

And as it involves muscle, it is susceptible to training; That is why it is possible to learn other languages, because with the language you practice phonetics and the repetition of sounds.
7.Mouth and nose to savor
In previous articles we have talked about the relationship between smell and the ability to taste.Just give yourself the example of eating something when you have the flu: things don't taste the same, or they don't know.

This is because most of our perception of the flavors involve our smell : as we eat, a fine and slight “fog” is generated, the smells of the food rise to the nose, stimulating the olfactory receptors, which are mixed with the perception of the papillae Tasteful.
8.The mouth is one of the dirtiest parts of our whole body
And not just for saying rudeness.No matter how much you brush or brush your teeth, the mouth is the habitat of hundreds of different bacteria .
But this is not necessarily bad.As in the intestines or other places in the body, these bacteria fight microbes and other newly arrived bacteria, keeping so our health.
Of course, if they migrate from the mouth to other places where they do not live, you will get sick.It is what happens if someone bites you: the skin becomes infected.
9.Saliva, a powerful “solvent”
Saliva is necessary for the digestive process, as well as to protect the organs inside the mouth.
Digestion is possible thanks to an enzyme, called amylase , that helps break down the carbohydrates we eat.Amylase is used to make breads, for example, and break down complex sugars such as starch (the yeast contains amylase).

In fact, some bacterial amylases are used as detergents to dissolve starches (in some industrial processes).Being exaggerated, we could say that saliva would be able to digest anything.
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