Tongue – Parts, Muscles, Nerve Supply, Blood Supply, Lymphatic Drainage
1. What is the tongue? The tongue is a highly sensitive muscular organ that lies in the oral cavity and is concerned with mastication, deglutition or swallowing, speech, and taste. 2. Development: The tongue is developed in the endodermal floor of the pharynx by two rudiments. An anterior rudiment and a posterior rudiment. Sulcus Terminalis …