Tongue

Question 1

what are the different functions/ movements

Answer 1

prehension
lapping
grooming
manipulation
speech/ articulation

Question 2

where does the root of the tongue attach to?

Answer 2

Hyoid bone

Question 3

why would some animals have a keratinised tongue?

Answer 3

for a a rougher more fibrous diet

Question 4

which papillae are scattered over the tongue?

Answer 4

filiform

Question 5

what are the taste papillae?

Answer 5

fungiform, foliate, vallate

Question 6

name the mechanical papillae?

Answer 6

filiform
conical
marginal
lenticular

Question 7

what is the function of filiform

Answer 7

grip food

Question 8

what is the function of conical papillae and where on the tongue are they concentrated

Answer 8

food traction
at the base

Question 9

function of marginal papillae

Answer 9

help newborn suckle teat

Question 10

function of lenticular papillae

Answer 10

highly keratinised for a rougher diet

Question 11

where are the vallate found?

Answer 11

base of tongue

Question 12

where are the folate papillae found

Answer 12

side of tongue

Question 13

what are the 4 extrinsic muscles in the tongue?

Answer 13

styloglossus
hyoglossus
genioglossus
geniohyodeus

Question 13

what are the 3 extrinsic muscles in the tongue?

Answer 13

styloglossus
hyoglossus
genioglossus

Question 14

what is the function of the styloglossus muscle and where does it originate from?

Answer 14

retraction
elevation
From the stylohyloid

Question 15

what is the function of the hyoglossus muscle and where does it originate from?

Answer 15

retraction
depression
From the basilhyoid

Question 15

wat is the function of the geniohyodeus muscle

Answer 15

thrusts the tongue forward

Question 16

what is the function of the genioglossus muscle?

Answer 16

protrusion and retraction

Question 17

What is the function of intrinsic muscles?

Answer 17

Stiffen the tongue
Through contraction of transverse and vertical bundles

Question 18

What is the Lyssa

Answer 18

Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue on the central midline

Question 19

What does the chorda tympani innervate, and what is it a branch of?

Answer 19

Fungiform papilla (Rostral 2/3 of taste papillae)
Branch of facial nerve

Question 20

What innervated the rodtral 2/3 of the tongue

Answer 20

Lingual branch of mandibular nerve (Division of trigeminal nerve)

Question 21

What innervates the caudal 1/3 of the tongue

Answer 21

Glossopharyngeal
Small extent vagus

Question 22

Where are the common openings of the mandibular and major sublingual salivary ducts?

Answer 22

Caruncles (protuberances) behind the central incisors