Digestive system

Where are filiform papillae located?

Covers most of anterior surface

What are the types of papillae?

Filiform papillae, fungiform papillae, circumvallate papillae, foliate papillae

What is the function of fungiform papillae?

House taste bud

What is the function of circumvallate papillae?

Houses taste buds

What is the function of foliate papillae?

Houses tastebuds that are only used during infancy and early childhood

What is the appearance of circumvallate papillae?

Largest, v shaped line

What is the function of the tongue?

Licking, tasting, food bolus formation

What anchors the tongue to the floor of the oral cavity?

Lingual frenulum

What covers the tongue?

Papillae - bumpy projections

What is the appearance and location of foliate papillae?

Ridges on lateral aspect of posterior tongue

What is the function of filiform papillae?

Roughens surface of tongue(contains keratin - white), lick semisolids( like ice cream)

What is the appearance of fungiform papillae?

Round (like mushroom), larger than filiform

Where are fungiform papillae located?

Scattered throughout anterior surface

What is the appearance of filiform papillae?

Smallest and conical

What lines the floor of the oral cavity and fills oral cavity in closed mouth?

Tongue

Where are circumvallate papillae located?

V shaped line of 12 at back of tongue