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Apex of tongue

Known as: Tip of tongue, Tip of the Tongue, Apex linguae 
The anterior extreme of the tongue which can be made pointed for sensing or probing and which rests against the lingual aspect of the incisor teeth.
National Institutes of Health

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Anterior Tongue CarcinomaAnterior Tongue NeoplasmAnterior Tongue Squamous Cell CarcinomaEctomesenchymal Chondromyxoid Tumor

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2013
2013
The influence of 6-n-propylthiouracil bitterness, fungiform papilla count and saliva flow on the perception of pressure and fat
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Localization and contractile properties of intrinsic longitudinal motor units of the rat tongue.
Tongue dysfunction is a hallmark of many human clinical disorders, yet we lack even a rudimentary understanding of tongue neural… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Organization of geniculate and trigeminal ganglion cells innervating single fungiform taste papillae: a study with tetramethylrhodamine dextran amine labeling
1999
1999
Distributions of sensory spots in the hand and two-point discrimination thresholds in the hand, face and mouth in dental students
1996
1996
Effect of palatal plate therapy in children with Down syndrome. A 1-year study.
The effect of palatal plate therapy on oral dysfunction in children with Down syndrome was studied during a 1-year period. Twenty… 
1995
1995
Electromagnetic articulography as a method for detecting the influence of spikes on tongue movement.
In orthodontics dysfunctions of the tongue are discussed as a factor in the development of malocclusion. A new objective method… 
1992
1992
Quantitative determinations of sensory and pain thresholds on human oral mucosa by argon laser stimulation
1983
1983
Tongue evolution in lungless salamanders, family plethodontidae. III. Patterns of peripheral innervation
Innervation of the tongue and associated musculature in plethodontid salamanders was studied using Palmgren stained sectioned… 
1972
1972
Circadian rhythms in the mitotic index of the basal epithelium and in the uptake rate of 3H‐thymidine by the tongue of the rat
Circadian rhythms are demonstrated in the tongue of adult rats for both the mitotic index of the basal epithelium and the uptake… 
Review
1964
Review
1964
Methods for Evaluating Oral Surface Sensation
Neurological methods for investigating skin sensations have not been systematically applied to oral mucosae. Several procedures… 
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