Dog

TONGUE (DOG)

  • It is wide and thin in front and thicker caudally
  • It is not pigmented but has a bright red colour
  • The dorsum presents median sulcus linguae
  • The filiform papillae are found on the entire dorsum
  • The fungiform papillae are present on the dorsum and sides are absent in the root
  • The vallate papillae are 2 or 3 on either side on the caudal part of the dorsum. Small foliate papillae are present as in the horse
  • In the inferior part of the tip of the tongue is the lyssa, a fusiform cord, composed of fibrous tissue, muscular tissue and fat
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