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| Frenulum linguae
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| The mouth cavity. The apex of the tongue is turned upward, and on the right side a superficial dissection of its under surface has been made. (Frenulum labeled at center right.)
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| Sagittal section of nose mouth, pharynx, and larynx. (Frenulum linguae is topmost label at right.)
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| Gray's
| subject #242 1125
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| MeSH
| Lingual+Frenum
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| Dorlands/Elsevier
| f_16/12379176
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The frenulum linguae (or lingual frenulum) is the frenulum of the tongue.
In contemporary culture, a tongue frenulum piercing or tongue web piercing involves piercing the frenulum linguae to enable body jewellery to be inserted.
Also See
| General anatomy of head and neck - head |
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| Face/Occiput | Forehead • Eye • Ear • Temple • Cheek • Chin |
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| External nose | Nostril • Nasal septum • Cartilages (Accessory nasal, of the septum, Greater alar, Lateral nasal, Lesser alar, Vomeronasal) • Olfactory glands |
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| Nasal cavity | Choana • Turbinate • Sphenoethmoidal recess • Ethmoid bulla • Hiatus semilunaris • Ostium maxillare • Inferior meatus • Vomeronasal organ • Paranasal sinus |
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| Mouth/oral cavity | Lip • Philtrum • Jaw • Pterygomandibular raphe |
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| Teeth | Permanent (Incisor, Canine, Premolar, Molar) • Deciduous |
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| Tongue | Plica fimbriata • Median sulcus • Foramen cecum • Terminal sulcus • Frenulum linguae • Anterior tongue • Posterior tongue |
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| Palate/roof of mouth | Hard palate • Soft palate • Palatine raphe • Incisive papilla • Uvula • Pharyngeal recess • Arches (Palatoglossal, Palatopharyngeal) |
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| Salivary glands | Parotid gland/Parotid duct • Submandibular gland/Submandibular duct • Sublingual gland/Major sublingual duct |
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| Other | fascia (Masseteric fascia, Temporal fascia, Galea aponeurotica) • Scalp |
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