Terminal sulcus (tongue)

Terminal sulcus (tongue)
The entrance to the larynx, viewed from behind. (Sulcus terminalis is labeled at center top .)
Tongue. (Terminal sulcus is not labeled, but it is visible at approximately the level of the circumvallate papillae.)
Latin	sulcus terminalis linguae
Gray's	subject #242 1125

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The dorsum of the tongue is convex and marked by a median sulcus, which divides it into symmetrical halves; this sulcus ends behind, about 2.5 cm. from the root of the organ, in a depression, the foramen cecum, from which a shallow groove, the terminal sulcus, runs lateralward and forward on either side to the margin of the tongue.

External links

• Overview and diagram at mednote.co.kr
• sulcus+terminalis at eMedicine Dictionary

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