Tongue

"Tongue" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A muscular organ in the mouth that is covered with pink tissue called mucosa, tiny bumps called papillae, and thousands of taste buds. The tongue is anchored to the mouth and is vital for chewing, swallowing, and for speech.

Descriptor ID	D014059
MeSH Number(s)	A03.556.500.885 A14.549.885
Concept/Terms	Tongue Tongue Tongues

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Anatomy [A]
Digestive System [A03]
Gastrointestinal Tract [A03.556]
Mouth [A03.556.500]
Tongue [A03.556.500.885]
Stomatognathic System [A14]
Mouth [A14.549]
Tongue [A14.549.885]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2019	1	1	2
2020	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Mayerl CJ, Kaczmarek EB, Kennedy ME, Shideler HE, Smith AE, German RZ. Regional Heterogeneity in the Electromyography Activity of Extrinsic Tongue Muscles Is Critical to Tongue Function. Integr Comp Biol. 2025 12 05; 65(6):1437-1447.

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Kaczmarek EB, Shideler HE, Wallace SM, Anderson DJ, Volpe EC, Kennedy ME, Smith HI, Smith AE, Stroud TH, Mayerl CJ. Evaluating the Impact of Nipple Design on Tongue Function in Infant Feeding Using a Dynamic Endocast. Integr Comp Biol. 2025 Dec 05; 65(6):1498-1511.

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Smith AE, Kaczmarek EB, Kennedy ME, Wallace SM, Volpe EC, Anderson DJ, Smith HI, Shideler HE, Stroud TH, Mayerl CJ. Fluid flow and feeding performance in infant mammals: evaluating the impact of nipple design. J Exp Biol. 2025 Nov 15; 228(22).

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Vukmanovic Nosrat I, Palacios JL, Kezian S, Luong G, Tran A, Vu K, Henson BS, Nosrat P, Lutfy K, Nosrat CA. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor overexpression in taste buds diminishes chemotherapy induced taste loss. Eur J Neurosci. 2022 10; 56(7):4967-4982.

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Bowman BM, Montgomery SA, Schrank TP, Simon JM, Ptacek TS, Tamir TY, Mulvaney KM, Weir SJ, Nguyen TT, Murphy RM, Makowski L, Hayes DN, Chen XL, Randell SH, Weissman BE, Major MB. A conditional mouse expressing an activating mutation in NRF2 displays hyperplasia of the upper gastrointestinal tract and decreased white adipose tissue. J Pathol. 2020 10; 252(2):125-137.

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Gao X, Tsai RYL, Ma J, Bhupal PK, Liu X, Liang D, Xie H. Determination and validation of mycophenolic acid by a UPLC-MS/MS method: Applications to pharmacokinetics and tongue tissue distribution studies in rats. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2020 Jan 01; 1136:121930.

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Zhu W, Haga T, Yuan D, Watanabe KI, Chambers JK, Gao N, Uchida K, Fan S, Li F, Yang M, Norimine J, Hu S, Dong J. Coinfection of a lingual lesion with bovine papular stomatitis virus and bovine papillomavirus. Arch Virol. 2019 May; 164(5):1441-1444.

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Hu B, Zhang C, Baawo K, Qin R, Cole GJ, Lee JA, Chen X. Zebrafish K5 promoter driven GFP expression as a transgenic system for oral research. Oral Oncol. 2010 Jan; 46(1):31-7.

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Robbins J, Kays SA, Gangnon RE, Hind JA, Hewitt AL, Gentry LR, Taylor AJ. The effects of lingual exercise in stroke patients with dysphagia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Feb; 88(2):150-8.

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Richardson KA, Gatti PJ. Genioglossal hypoglossal motoneurons contact substance P-like immunoreactive nerve terminals in the cat: a dual labeling electron microscopic study. Exp Brain Res. 2004 Feb; 154(3):327-32.

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