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CARONCULE SUBLINGUALE [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Lips and Tongue
Universal entry(ies)
caruncula sublingualis
Latin
CONT

The sublingual caruncle is a papilla located medial to the sublingual gland and lateral to the lingual frenulum.

OBS

sublingual caruncle; caruncula sublingualis: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Lèvres et langue
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
caruncula sublingualis
Latin
CONT

[La face inférieure de la langue] est parcourue d'arrière en avant par les plis frangés. Sur la ligne médiane, le frein de la langue («frenulum linguae») est flanqué de chaque côté de la caroncule sublinguale au sommet de laquelle se trouve l'orifice du conduit excréteur de la glande submandibulaire (Wharton).

OBS

caroncule sublinguale : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

caruncula sublingualis : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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