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Human tongue
Photomacrograph of the tip of a human tongue. The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth and is essential for chewing, swallowing and speaking. The upper surface of the tongue is covered in bumps (papillae) which give it its rough texture, and these papillae are covered in thousands of taste buds. Width of image is 2 mm.
Creator
- Macroscopic Solutions
Subject
- Organ
- Papilla
- Texture
- Senses
- Chew
- Swallow
- Talking
- Bump
- Pink
Creator
- Macroscopic Solutions
Subject
- Organ
- Papilla
- Texture
- Senses
- Chew
- Swallow
- Talking
- Bump
- Pink
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Macroscopic Solutions
Source
- N0037843
Identifier
- N0037843
- yhpgyudn
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:20:08.045Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:20:08.045Z