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anterior part of tongue

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The portion of the tongue in front of the terminal sulcus. At the apex, thin and narrow, it is directed forward against the lingual surfaces of the lower incisor teeth. It is derived primarily from the first pharyngeal arch. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_tongue ]

Term info

Label

anterior part of tongue

database cross reference
depicted by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Illu04_tongue.jpg

development notes

The lateral lingual swellings grow and fuse with eachother, encompassing the tuberculum impar to provide the ectodermally derived mucosa of the anterior 2/3 of the tongue

has related synonym

anterior two thirds of the tongue, anterior 2/3 of the tongue, oral part of the tongue, front of the tongue, apex of the tongue, apex linguae, anterior 2/3 of tongue, pars anterior dorsi linguae, buccal part of the tongue

id

UBERON:0010032