A male asked:
on the back of my tongue there's these raised pink/redish bump they don't hurt or anything and there oddly placed in different spots can you tell me what these are?
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Dr. Dan Fisher answered
27 years experience Internal Medicine
Taste buds.: Vallate papillae - those are your taste buds. They get very large in the back of your tongue.
Answered on Jan 22, 2017
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