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Group Quest
Mrs. Parrish Mod D
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The front part | This part of the tongue is very flexible and can move around a lot, working with the teeth to create different types of words. |
| The muscles in the back of your tongue | This part of your tongue help maker certain sounds like letters "k" and hard "g" (like the word go.) |
| The back part | Part of your tongue that helps push a small bit of food along with saliva into your esophagus. |
| The frenulum | This is a membrane that connects your tongue to the bottom of your mouth. |
| The papillae | The layer of bumps covering the top of your tongue. |
| The microvilli | Tiny hairs on your taste buds that send messages to the brain, which interpret the signals and identifies the taste for you. |
| The lingual tonsils | The back section of your tongue. |
| The palatine tonsils | The two balls of tissue on either side of the tongue. |
| The septum | A wall separating the nostrils and the nasal passages. |
| The nose | This organ warms, moistens and filters the air. |
| The sclera | The white part of the eyeball. |
| The iris | The colorful part of the eye. |
| The retina | Uses special cells called rods and cones to process light |
| The cones | Help us see color. |
| The cornea | Helps the eye focus as light makes its way through. |
| Lacrimal glands | Makes tears. |
| Blinking | Both voluntary and involuntary action. |
| Vitreous body | Forms two thirds of the eye's volume and gives the eye its shape. |
| Rods | There are about 120 million of these in each eye. |
| Cones | There are about 7 million of these in each eye. |
| Fluorescein sodium | The nontoxic water-soluble dye used to diagnose corneal epithelial defects caused by injury or infection and to locate foreign bodies in the eye |