The superior surface of the tongue divided by the sulcus terminalis into an anterior two-thirds, the presulcal part (pars presulcalis). and a posterior one-third, the postsulcal part (pars postsulcalis). [ http://www.drugs.com/dict/dorsum-of-tongue.html ]

Synonyms: tongue dorsum dorsum linguae dorsal tongue

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Term information

database cross reference
  • NCIT:C32482
  • SCTID:66938003
  • UMLS:C0226952 (ncithesaurus:Dorsum_of_the_Tongue)
  • FMA:54651
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UBERON:0009471