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Record 1 2013-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Lips and Tongue
DEF

A short vertical fold found on the lateral margins of the tongue.

OBS

Taste buds, the end-organs of the gustatory sense, are scattered over the mucous membrane of their surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Lèvres et langue
CONT

Les papilles foliées (ou foliacées) : elles sont situées aux extrémités postérieures des bords de la langue, en avant du V lingual. Elles se présentent sous la forme de feuillets recouverts par un épithélium stratifié non kératinisé. Chaque papille contient de nombreux bourgeons du goût [...]

Spanish

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