dorsum of tongue

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Introduction

The back of the tongue. Divided by:

  • sulcus terminalis into an anterior 2/3s, the presulcral part & posterior 1/3 the postsulcral part

More general terms

Component of

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.