Tongue

Question 1

What structure is indicated in this image?

Answer 1

Frenulum

Question 2

What is structure A?

Answer 2

Root of tongue

Question 3

What is structure B?

Answer 3

Body of tongue

Question 4

What is structure C?

Answer 4

Dorsum of tongue

Question 5

What is structure D?

Answer 5

Apex of tongue

Question 6

What is structure A?

Answer 6

Foramen cecum

Question 7

What is structure B?

Answer 7

Lateral gloss-epiglottic fold

Question 8

What is structure C?

Answer 8

Root of tongue

Question 9

What is structure D?

Answer 9

Body of tongue

Question 10

What is structure E?

Answer 10

Median sulcus

Question 11

What is structure F?

Answer 11

Sulcus terminalis

Question 12

What is structure G?

Answer 12

Lingual tonsil

Question 13

What is structure H?

Answer 13

Median glosso-epiglottic fold

Question 14

What is the structure indicated in this image?

Answer 14

Vallecula

Question 15

Where is the tongue located?

Answer 15

Floor of mouth.

Question 16

What is the function of the tongue?

Answer 16

Subserves special sense of taste, aids in mastication, deglutition and articulation of sound.

Question 17

What system does the tongue belong to?

Answer 17

Digestive system

Question 18

Describe the innervation of the tongue.

Answer 18

Anterior 2/3 = lingual nerve
Posterior 1/3 = glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 19

Describe the main blood supply to the tongue.

Answer 19

Dorsal lingual, deep lingual and sublingual branches of external carotid artery.