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Not so numerous as the filliform, but scattered over 

 almost the entire tongue are somewhat larger, blunter 

 papillae known as the fungiform. The position of these 



Fig. 106. SURFACE VIEW OF THE HUMAN TONGUE. (After Sappey.) 

 1, 2, circumvallate papillae; 3, fungiform papillae; 4, filliform papillee; 5, oblique folds; 

 6, mucous and lymphoid follicles ; 7, tonsils; 8, tip of epiglottis , 9, median glosso-epiglot- 

 tic fold. 



papillae may easily be recognized on the tongue in the red- 

 dish spots which mark the tip of the tongue at times. 

 Nerves of taste are distributed to these, and their function 

 is no doubt in connection with this sense. 



