Why don’t our tongues grow like other muscles since we’re always moving them?

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Why don’t our tongues grow like other muscles since we’re always moving them?

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Dentist here! This is purely anecdotal but I’ve found that people missing a lot/all of their teeth have much larger tongues to compensate for the lack of chewing. So in a sense, yes, tongues can grow.

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