Tongue
Lingua
Takes up food, moves it between the teeth, and carries the taste buds.
- System
- digestive
- Region
- Head
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Floor of the mouth, attached to the hyoid apparatus and the mandible.
- Action
- Takes up food, moves it between the teeth, and carries the taste buds.
- Nerve
- Hypoglossal nerve for the muscles; lingual and glossopharyngeal for sensation and taste.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Tongue
- Latin (NAV)
- Lingua
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria