loading...| Preferred Name | tongue | |
| Synonyms |
glossus |
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| Definitions |
A muscular organ in the floor of the mouth. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001723 |
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| adjacent to | ||
| alternative label |
glossus |
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| contributes to morphology of | ||
| database_cross_reference |
MIAA:0000040 NCIT:C12422 ZFA:0005333 CALOHA:TS-1050 UMLS:C0040408 MAT:0000040 EMAPA:17185 SCTID:181226008 XAO:0000446 AAO:0010360 VHOG:0000419 Wikipedia:Tongue EHDAA2:0002062 BTO:0001385 TAO:0005333 EFO:0000833 MESH:D014059 EHDAA:9144 EV:0100058 FMA:54640 GAID:816 MA:0000347 |
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| definition |
A muscular organ in the floor of the mouth. |
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| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Tongue.agr.jpg |
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| develops_from | ||
| directly develops from | ||
| editor note |
in MA the tongue is part of the oral region, which in uberon is treated as the oral opening. consider revising oral opening - oral region equivalence. |
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| has developmental contribution from |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006260 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006756 |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
glossus |
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| id |
UBERON:0001723 |
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| immediate transformation of | ||
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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| label |
tongue |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001723 |
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| note |
A muscular organ in the floor of the mouth. |
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| overlaps | ||
| part_of | ||
| preferred label |
tongue |
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| prefLabel |
tongue |
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| transformation of | ||
| treeView |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001033 |
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| UBPROP_0000001 |
A mobile mass of muscular tissue that is covered with mucous membrane, occupies much of the cavity of the mouth, forms part of its floor, bears the organ of taste, and assists in chewing and swallowing. [TFD][VHOG] The tongue is the movable, muscular organ on the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates, in many other mammals is the principal organ of taste, aids in the prehension of food, in swallowing, and in modifying the voice as in speech[GO][GO:0043586]. Muscular organ in the floor of the mouth.[FEED] |
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| UBPROP_0000003 |
Most adult amphibians have a tongue, as do all known reptiles, birds and mammals. Thus it is likely that the tongue appeared with the establishment of tetrapods and this structure seems to be related, to some extant, to the terrestrial lifestyle.[well established][VHOG] |
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| UBPROP_0000007 |
glossal lingual |
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| UBPROP_0000008 |
Many species of fish have small folds at the base of their mouths that might informally be called tongues, but they lack a muscular structure like the true tongues found in most tetrapods |
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| UBPROP_0000011 |
The tongue has contributions from all pharyngeal arches which changes with time. The tongue initially begins as swelling rostral to foramen cecum, the median tongue bud.. tongue muscles derive from the somites - http://php.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php?title=Tongue_Development#Pharyngeal_Arch_Contributions |
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| subClassOf |