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==Structure and Function==

==Structure and Function==

*Skeletal muscle dorsally

The tounge is skeletal muscle dorsally. There is structural fat surrounded by a cartilagenous sheath forming lyssa (canids only) ventrally. There is an attached root and body with a free apex. The '''frenulum''' (fold of mucosa) attaches the body of the tongue to the floor of the [[Oral Cavity Overview - Anatomy & Physiology|oral cavity]]. The root of tongue is attached to the [[Hyoid Apparatus - Anatomy & Physiology|hyoid bone]]. In the horse and dog, the tongue is 'u' shaped, becoming broader towards the tip. The furrow in the centre of the canid tongue is called the '''median sulcus'''. In the ox, sheep and pig the tongue is 'v' shaped with a pointed apex. The '''torus linguae''' is a swelling across the tongue laterally which pushes food against the [[Hard Palate|hard palate]].

 

[[Image:Tongue Anatomy Cow2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tongue Anatomy (Cow) - Copyright Nottingham 2008]]

*Structural fat surrounded by cartilagenous sheath forming lyssa (canids only) ventrally

 

*Attached root and body with a free apex

 

*Frenulum (fold of mucosa) attaches the body of the tongue to the floor of the [[Oral Cavity Overview - Anatomy & Physiology|oral cavity]]

 

*Root of tongue attached to [[Hyoid Apparatus - Anatomy & Physiology|hyoid bone]]

 

*In the horse and dog the tongue is 'u' shaped, becoming broader towards the tip. The furrow in the centre of the canid tongue is called the median sulcus.

 

*In the ox, sheep and pig the tongue if 'v' shaped with a pointed apex. The torus linguae is a swelling across the tongue laterally which pushes food against the [[Hard Palate|hard palate]].

[[Image:Tongue Anatomy Cow2.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Tongue Anatomy (Cow) - Copyright Nottingham 2008]]

==Muscles==

==Muscles==