Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking. Zoology. an analogous organ in invertebrate animals. the tongue of an animal, as an ox, beef, or sheep, used for food, often pre...
Anatomy.the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking. Zoology.an analogous organ in invertebrate animals. the tongue of an animal, as an ox, beef, or sheep, used for food, often prepare...
Single-celled animals and even bacteria respond to chemicals in their aquatic environments by moving toward or away from a chemical stimulant. In humans, taste is a function of an array of taste buds located in various areas on the surface of the tongue. Taste per se is perceived by the ...
The functions of the tongue are multitasking, and as such, the tongue rarely receives the attention in textbooks it deserves. This chapter highlights the complex muscular anatomy of the tongue that is based on intrinsic and extrinsic musculature. Four cranial nerves, i.e., lingual nerve from the...
Imaging and quantification of tongue anatomy is helpful in surgical planning, post-operative rehabilitation of tongue cancer patients, and studying of how humans adapt and learn new strategies for breathing, swallowing and speaking to compensate for changes in function caused by disease, medical interven...
muscular anatomy of the tongueThe intricate muscular anatomy of the tongue, consisting of interwoven muscle fibres (outlined in light blue), contributes to the tongue's unique ability to move in the many different ways necessary for tasks such as swallowing. ...
Other than its development, anatomy/gross structural analyses and taste function (for recent reviews, see Roper and Chaudhari, 2017), the human tongue is poorly studied in Western medicine, in particular, in terms of its roles in systemic diseases. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), however...
In humans, the smooth brownish to reddish border of the lip. Tongue The fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech. Lips (Anatomy) A labium. Tongue Used in reference to a person's style or manner of speaking...
The tongue aids in chewing and swallowing food. The baby used her tongue to push the food around her mouth. 3 Tentacle In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in...
Imaging and quantification of tongue anatomy is helpful in surgical planning, post-operative rehabilitation of tongue cancer patients, and studying of how humans adapt and learn new strategies for breathing, swallowing and speaking to compensate for changes in function caused by disease, medical ...