{Fungiform papill[ae]} (Anat.), numerous small, rounded eminences on the upper surface of the tongue. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Fungiform papilla — The fungiform papillae are broad flat structures that house taste buds in the central portion of the dorsum (back) of the tongue. These papillae were thought to resemble a fungus: a little mushroom. Fungiform means mushroom shaped. From fungi ,… … Medical dictionary
Fungiform papilla — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = papillae fungiformes GraySubject = 242 GrayPage = 1126 Caption = The mouth cavity. The cheeks have been slit transversely and the tongue pulled forward. Caption2 = Section of a fungiform papilla. Magnified … Wikipedia
Fungiform — Mushroom shaped. From fungi , fungus + forma, shape. The fungiform papillae are broad flat structures that house taste buds in the central portion of the dorsum (back) of the tongue. These papillae were thought to resemble a fungus: a little… … Medical dictionary
papillae lenticulares — lenticular papillae: a series of papillae of the tongue resembling, but less elevated than, the fungiform papillae … Medical dictionary
papillae fungiformes — [TA] fungiform papillae: knoblike projections on the tongue, scattered singly among the filiform papillae … Medical dictionary
papillae linguales — [TA] lingual papillae: the filiform, fungiform, vallate, foliate, and conical papillae of the tongue … Medical dictionary
fungiform papilla — noun Etymology: probably translation of New Latin papilla fungiformis : any of numerous papillae on the upper surface of the tongue that are flat topped and noticeably red from the richly vascular stroma and that usually contain taste buds … Useful english dictionary
Papilla, fungiform — The fungiform papillae are broad flat structures that house taste buds in the central portion of the dorsum (back) of the tongue. These papillae were thought to resemble a fungus: a little mushroom. Fungiform means mushroom shaped. From fungi ,… … Medical dictionary
papilla — Any small, nipplelike process. SYN: teat (3). [L. a nipple, dim. of papula, a pimple] acoustic p. SYN: spiral organ. basilar p. the auditory sense organ of birds, amphibians, and reptiles; homologous to the … Medical dictionary
Filiform papilla — A filiform papilla. Magnified. Semidiagrammatic view of a portion of the mucous membrane of the tongue. Two fu … Wikipedia
