In 1862 English explorer John Hanning Speke journeyed from Africaâs east coast to find what he considered to be the source, where the river exits Lake Victoria in present-day Uganda.
Nerve Pain. Common types of nerve pain you may experience in the mouth can come from your taste and sensory nerves (burning mouth syndrome), inferior alveolar nerve located in the lower jaw, skin of the chin and lower lip, or in your lingual nerve, which descends to the tongue and under the mucous membrane of the mouth.erve Pain. Common types of nerve pain you may experience in the mouth can come from your taste and sensory nerves (burning mouth syndrome), inferior alveolar nerve located in the lower jaw, skin of the chin and lower lip, or in your lingual nerve, which descends to the tongue and under the mucous membrane of the mouth.
Pop a grape, chocolate, or shrimp into your mouth. Immediately, digestion begins. In the mouth itself, the tongue and teeth help to get the process started by chewing and chopping the food so it's small enough to be swallowed. Salivary glands secrete saliva, releasing an enzyme that changes some starches into simple sugars and softens the food for swallowing.