The entrance to the larynx, viewed from behind. (Foramen cecum is labeled at top right.)
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| colspan="2" |The mouth cavity. The cheeks have been slit transversely and the tongue pulled forward. (Foramen cecum is visible but not labeled.)
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|Latin
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|Precursor
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|MeSH
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|Dorlands/Elsevier
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The dorsum of the tongue is convex and marked by a median sulcus, which divides it into symmetrical halves; this sulcus ends behind, about 2.5 cm. from the root of the organ, in a depression, the foramen cecum, from which a shallow groove, the sulcus terminalis, runs lateralward and forward on either side to the margin of the tongue.
