The Bumps On Your Tongue Are Not The Taste Buds
Growing up, we often assumed that those bumps on our tongues were our taste buds. We even thought the tongue had different taste zones where we could taste different flavors. Most of these theories are unproven by science.
In reality, your actual taste buds are so tiny that they can’t be seen with naked eyes. The bumps on the tongue are known as the papillae. The papillae are sensory organs resting on top of the taste buds. Did you know that the taste cells in the taste buds live for two weeks before new ones replace them?