Lip

<p>The lips are a horizontal pair of <a href="/facts/Soft_tissue/cHBwqLpP">soft</a> <a href="/facts/Appendage/lFv11d3f">appendages</a> attached to the <a href="/facts/Jaw/6a11Csjh">jaws</a> and are the most visible part of the <a href="/facts/Mouth/WthDlXsC">mouth</a> of many <a href="/facts/Animal/4b8J33nd">animals</a>, including <a href="/facts/Human/rlcTENsr">humans</a>. <a href="/facts/Mammal/phSwTzBo">Mammal</a> lips are soft, movable and serve to facilitate the <a href="/facts/Ingestion/VIsgnlnA">ingestion</a> of <a href="/facts/Food/RgNq6NAK">food</a> (e.g. <a href="/facts/Suckling/cdWXyYDX">suckling</a> and <a href="/facts/Gulping/z9HguLuw">gulping</a>) and the <a href="/facts/Articulatory_phonetics/1xRpMYyt">articulation</a> of sound and <a href="/facts/Speech/WEelhfTs">speech</a>. Human lips are also a <a href="/facts/Somatosensory/0nhRsBnt">somatosensory</a> organ, and can be an <a href="/facts/Erogenous_zone/w7FDbau1">erogenous zone</a> when used in <a href="/facts/Kiss/GQMr9BEr">kissing</a> and other acts of <a href="/facts/Intimacy/pSvo1GuL">intimacy</a>.
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