Tongue

What are the three main parts of the tongue?

• The tip, base, and dorsum
• The tip, body, and base

• The tip, body, and root
• The base, body, and dorsum

What is the superior surface of the tongue called?

• Dorsum

• Apex

• Ventrum

• Palate

How are the muscles of the tongue divided?

• Into lingual muscles proper and muscles with their origins on bones

• Into superior and inferior muscles

• Into transverse, circular, and diagonal muscles

• Into flexor and extensor muscles

What do the lingual muscles proper consist of?

• Muscles fibers running in three directions
• Muscles responsible for taste perception
• Circular muscles
• Muscles with bone origins

What does it indicate if a patient cannot protrude their tongue in the midline?

• Tongue muscle weakness

• A deficiency in taste buds

• An issue with saliva production

• An abnormality in tongue innervation

The lingual muscles proper consist of muscles fibers running in a single direction.

• True
• False

A thorough tongue examination should not include an evaluation of its shape and color.

• False
• True

The color of the tongue is best evaluated when it is lying passively in its normal position.

• True
• False

The attention of modern–day dentists has not been directed as much to the diagnostic significance of tongue changes as to the development of biochemical tests that may suggest specific disease processes.

• true

• false

The examiner should record the color of the tongue by palpation.

• true

• false