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Photo Gallery: Digestive System

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Cone-shaped tongue papillae, seen here in a colored scanning electron micrograph, contain nerve endings that receive and transmit touch sensations to the brain. As we begin chewing, the tongue shapes food in a ball-shaped bolus for swallowing. Photograph by SPL/Photo Researchers, Inc.