Unit page, primary language: LA, subsidiary: FR, interface: EN, work in progress

lingua

Identification
Official Latin term lingua
Official subsidiary term langue
Unit identifier TAH:U2403
Unit type single
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit lingua
Links of entity generic: lingua
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: ostium orale Short Extended
Level 3: lingua
Taxonomic links Level 1: complexus anatomicus Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: complexus heterogeneus anatomicus
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition The tongue is an anatomical heterogeneous complex [complexus heterogeneus anatomicus ] which is made predominantly of muscular tissues with several functions like contribution to the sense of taste, mastication, deglutition and articulation of sound.
Encyclopedic definition the movable, muscular organ on the floor of the mouth, subserving the special sense of taste and aiding in mastication, deglutition, and the articulation of sound.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
corpus humanum top
TAH:U2275
systema digestorium SOS
TAH:U2276
ostium orale SOS
TAH:U2403 lingua SOS
TAH:U2404
corpus linguae SOS
TAH:U2405
radix linguae SOS
TAH:U2406
dorsum linguae SOS
TAH:U2409
facies inferior linguae SOS
TAH:U2411
margo linguae (par) UOS
TAH:U2412
apex linguae SOS
TAH:U2413
tunica mucosa linguae SOS
TAH:U2414
frenulum linguae SOS
TAH:U2415
papillae linguales TOS
TAH:U2420
sulcus medianus linguae SOS
TAH:U2421
sulcus terminalis linguae (par) UOS
TAH:U2422
foramen caecum linguae SOS
TAH:U2424
tonsilla lingualis SOT
TAH:U2425
nodulus lymphaticus und
TAH:U4893
crypta tonsillae lingualis und
TAH:U2426
septum linguae SOS
TAH:U1728
musculus linguae und
TAH:U2427
aponeurosis linguae SOS
Total
26 children
Taxonomy
Date: 20.11.2025