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Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)

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-Taste buds present

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[[Image:Filoform Papillae Histology.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Filoform Papillae Histology (Cat) - Copywright RVC 2008]]

*Filoform

-Most numerous

-Points caudally

-No taste buds

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-No glands

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-No lymphatics

-Smallest

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-Thick epithelium

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-Thick keratin on stratified squamous epithelium

-Very prominent in cat

-Rostral 2/3 of tongue

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