Tongue

Question 1

• It lies on the floor of the oral cavity;
  free apex, meaty body and caudal root
• straighted muscle fibers running in all portions

1. Free Apex
2. Meaty Body
3. Caudal Root

Answer 1

Tongue

Question 2

Functions:
1. To aid the ingestion of food.
2. To carry the receptors for the sensation of taste
3. To help in the formation of a food bolus ready for swallowing
4. To groom the fur
5. To assist thermoregulation
6. To produce vocalization

Answer 2

Tongue

Question 3

Tongue is covered by ________________.

Answer 3

Mucus Membrane

Question 4

• cornified and aid in licking

Answer 4

Mechanical Papillae

Question 5

• smallest and most humerus,
• located on the rostral 2/3 of the tongue
• looks like hair

Answer 5

Filiform Papillae

Question 6

• bigger but less frequent;
• at the dorsal of the tongue;
• 1/3 of the tongue;
• each stand on a wide circular base

Answer 6

Conical Papillae

Question 7

• present in rostral half of the tongue of the newborn carnivores and piglets;
• aids in sucking milk;
• disappear when diet turns to solid

Answer 7

Marginal Papillae

Question 8

• covered in taste buds

Answer 8

Gustatory Papillae

Question 9

• looks like tiny mushrooms/fungi
• on the rostral 2/3 of the tongue

Answer 9

Fungiform Papillae

Question 10

• series of leaf shape ridges separated by the crips
• located at the dorsal lateral border

Answer 10

Foliate Papillae

Question 11

• circular projections
• largest and least numerus;
• 3-6 in dogs

Answer 11

Vallate Papillae