Foramen cecum (tongue)

Foramen cecum (tongue)

Infobox Anatomy
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Latin = f. caecum linguae
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Caption = The entrance to the larynx, viewed from behind.


Caption2 = The mouth cavity. The cheeks have been slit transversely and the tongue pulled forward. (Foramen cecum is visible but not labeled.)
Precursor = pharyngeal arches [EmbryologyUNC|hednk|024]
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The dorsum of the tongue is convex and marked by a median sulcus, which divides it into symmetrical halves; this sulcus ends behind, about 2.5 cm. from the root of the organ, in a depression, the foramen cecum, from which a shallow groove, the sulcus terminalis, runs lateralward and forward on either side to the margin of the tongue.

The foramen cecum is the point of attachment of the thyroglossal duct.

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* [http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/M1/embryology/embryo/09faceandpharynx.htm Development (umich.edu)]
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