Section through tongue

  • Prof Giorgio Gabella
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Section through tongue. Prof Giorgio Gabella. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Section through the musculature of the tongue. Some fibres are in transverse section, while others are in longitudinal section. Numerous blood capillaries, empty and well distended, run between the fibres.

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