TONGUE

TONGUE

1. striated voluntary muscles

   • functions
     • saliva
     • movement
     • taste buds
       • located in
         • fungiform papillae
         • foliate papillae
         • vallate papillae
           • the largest and nummerous
       • consists of
         • gustatory epithelial cells
           • taste cells
             • extend through a taste pore
         • basal epithelial cells
           • divide and differentiate