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(#9) You Can't Smell Your Own Breath
At some point you've probably tried to check whether you have bad bread by breathing into your hand, but this tells you nothing about how your breath smells. Bad breath odors originate in the back of your mouth, and they come out when you talk, but not when you're just breathing. If you want to know how your breath smells, you should recruit a friend whom you trust to tell you the truth. -
(#10) The Tongue Is the Only Muscle That Is Only Attached at One End
Most muscles in your body are attached at both ends to some part of your skeleton. Your tongue, however, is the only muscle which is only attached at one end. The other is free to help you eat, speak, make funny faces, and kiss. -
(#3) Women's Tongues Have More Tastebuds Than Men's
Researchers at Yale found that about 35% of women but only 15% of men are "super tasters," meaning they are more sensitive to flavors such as bitter, sweet, and sour. It is also worth noting that women of childbearing age have a more acute sense of taste than women who are younger or older. -
(#8) Kissing Transfers 80 Million Bacteria
A study done in Amsterdam found that a 10-second kiss transfers about 80 million bacteria from one partner to another. The researchers also concluded that if you kiss the same partner on a regular basis, the types of bacteria in your mouth become very similar. The communities of bacteria on the tongues of romantic partners are far more similar to each other than the bacteria communities on two strangers' tongues. -
(#2) The Uvula's Main Function Is in Speech
The purpose of the uvula has been debated, but most scientists agree that it's there to help with speech, which makes sense, because it's a body part which is completely unique to humans. The uvula can secrete massive amounts of saliva quickly. This provides the necessary lubrication to make complicated sounds that compose human speech. -
(#11) Smiling Boosts Your Immune System
When you smile, your stress hormone levels drop. This leads to an increase in the number of immune cells your body has available to fight infections like colds or the flu. Smiling really does keep you healthy.
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Have you ever learn knowledge about your mouth? We eat, breathe, and speak through the mouth every day, it is also one of the important features of the face. And you will see your teeth, tongue, uvula when you open your mouth, these important organs remind us that we need to pay attention to oral care. The oral is one of the most complicated parts of the human body.
As the entrance to the digestive tract, with the food we eat every day, dozens of different types of oral microbiota enter our mouths. The random tool introduced 15 things about the mouth that you should know.
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