Can someone swallow their own tongue?

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asked Feb 26, 2019 in Other- Health by mkisac89 (200 points)
Can someone swallow their own tongue?

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answered Feb 26, 2019 by Lilly21 (57,780 points)
A person can partially swallow there tongue but since the tongue is attached inside the mouth there's no way for a person to fully swallow there tongue and have it end up in their stomach.

The human mouth has a small piece of tissue called the frenulum linguae, which sits behind the teeth and under the tongue which holds the tongue in place.

So even in a seizure a person cannot fully swallow their tongue even though it may seem like the person has swallowed their tongue it's impossible to fully swallow the tongue.

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