THE TONGUE 



ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY ARTHUR HENSMAN, F.R.C.S.; REVISED FOR SECOND AND THIRD 

 EDITIONS BY ARTHUR ROBINSON, M.D., F.R.C.S.; REVISED AND LARGELY REWRITTEN 



FOR FOURTH EDITION 



BY ABRAM T. KERR, B.S., M.D. 



PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE 



The tongue is a muscular organ covered with epithelium. It is highly sensitive 

 and freely movable, and plays an important part in the mastication and deglutition 



EXTREMITY OF CORNU OF HYOID BONE 



SUPERIOR CORNU OF THVREOID 

 CARTILAGE 



LATERAL GLOSSO- 

 EPIGLOTTIDEAN FOLD \/ 



FIG. 759. DORSUM OF THE TONGUE. 



Ventricular plica LOWER END OF PHARYNX 



ANTERIOR WALL OF THE 



PHARYNX 



CORNICULAR TUBERCLE 

 CUNEIFORM TUBERCLE 

 RECESSUS PIRIFORMIS 



True vocal cord 



EPIGLOTTIS 



MEDIAN GLOSSO- 

 EPIGLOTTIDEAN FOLD 



PHARYNGOPALATINE ARCH 



GLOSSOPALATINEAROH 



VALLATE (CIRCUMVALLATE) PAPILL/E 



FUNGIFORM PAPILL/ 



of the food, and is one of the organs of speech. Moreover, it is the principal seat of 

 the organ of taste. It has the following parts: a superior surface, the dorsum, sepa- 



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