Foramen cecum of tongue
Foramen caecum linguae
- Latin eponym: Foramen Morgagnii
- Eponym: Foramen of Morgagni; Morand's foramen
- Related terms: Foramen caecum of tongue
Definition
The median sulcus divides the dorsum of the tongue into symmetrical halves; this sulcus ends behind, about 2.5 cm. from the root of the tongue, in a depression, the foramen caecum, from which a shallow groove, the sulcus terminalis, runs lateralward and forward on either side to the margin of the tongue.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
