About the white COVID tongue photos you may see on social media: It's a common symptom of benign glossitis, and you'll likely ...

Black hairy tongue occurs when the papillae (the upper surface of the tongue) on the tongue are unable to shed dead cells. The symptoms includes discoloration of the tongue- the tongue appears ...

Filiform papillae are bulges under the mucous membrane of the tongue, which help to roughen the surface and help with chewing, speaking, and keeping your mouth clean. When the filiform papillae ...

“I told her it was politically incorrect.” Swab blue food colouring on the front of your tongue. This allows you to see the fungiform papillae (they don’t stain as well as the rest of the ...

We all have bumps on our tongue. They’re called papillae and they’re the usual home of our taste buds, which react to the different flavours in food when they reach our mouth. However ...