TONGUE

HISTOLOGY LAB TRANS

MODULE # 4
AY 2018-2019

REYES, V., RUIZ, S., SALAS, K., SALAS, J., SALE, J., SANTOS, E.
 TONGUE

Source: DiFiore's Atlas of Histology

 A. TONGUE
LE: Stratified Squamous Epithelium

LP: Loose Connective Tissue

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Glands of Von Ebner

Tubulo Acinar
PURELY SEROUS
DARK Staining
Bladin & Nuhn Posteriorly located
Glands
Tubulo Acinar *mukang adipocytes
MUCOUSEROUS yung Blandin & Nuhn
PALE Staining pero di daw sya
Anteriorly located adipocytes sabi ni Doc V.

Skeletal Muscle
( In Cross, Longitudinal and
Tangential Directions )
Figure 1. Actual slide of Tongue
(Scanner).
 A. TONGUE
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RECOGNIZED

LE: Stratified
Squamous
Epithelium

LP: Loose
Connective
Tissue

Blood Vessel

Figure 2. Actual slide of Tongue (LPO).

 A. TONGUE

LP: Loose Connective Tissue

Skeletal Muscle
Bladin & Nuhn
Glands ( In Cross, Longitudinal and
Tubulo Acinar Tangential Directions )
MUCOUSEROUS
PALE Staining

Figure 3. Actual slide of Tongue (HPO).

 A. TONGUE

Glands of Von Ebner

Tubulo Acinar
PURELY SEROUS
DARK Staining
Posteriorly located

Bladin & Nuhn

Glands
Tubulo Acinar
MUCOUSEROUS Skeletal Muscle
PALE Staining ( In Cross, Longitudinal and
Anteriorly Located Tangential Directions )

Figure 4. Actual slide of Tongue (HPO).

 A. TONGUE
Furrow

LE: Stratified Squamous Epithelium

Lingual Papillae

Taste Bud

Figure 5. Actual slide of Rabbit Tongue

(HPO).
B. TONGUE (LINGUAL PAPILLAE)

Filiform:
• Most Numerous
• ABSENT TASTE BUDS
• Elongated and Conical
in shape
• L.E.: Simple Stratified
Keratinized Epithelium

Note: These figures are

supplements for the
specimen taken from the lab
since pictures of actual
samples were not very clear

Source: www.histology.leeds.ac.uk/oral/tongue.php
B. TONGUE (LINGUAL PAPILLAE)

Fungiform:
• Scattered and isolated
• WITH TASTE BUDS
• Mushroom shaped between filiform
papillae
• Has vascular L.P.
• L.E.: Simple Stratified NON-
keratinizing epithelium

Note: These figures are

supplements for the
specimen taken from the lab
since pictures of actual
samples were not very clear

Source: www.histology.leeds.ac.uk/oral/tongue.php
B. TONGUE (LINGUAL PAPILLAE)
Circumvallate( vallate ):
• Least in number, 8- 12 forming a V-
line anterior to sulcus terminalis,
largest in size; surrounded by a
furrow.
• WITH TASTE BUDS
• Closely associated with Von Ebner’s
Glands
• L.E.: Simple Stratified NON-
keratinizing epithelium

Note: These figures are

supplements for the
specimen taken from the lab
since pictures of actual
samples were not very clear
Source: www.histology.leeds.ac.uk/oral/tongue.php
 REFERENCES

Mescher, A. L. (2013). Junqueira's basic histology: text and atlas. Mcgraw-hill.

Young, B., Woodford, P., & O'Dowd, G. (2013). Wheater's Functional Histology
E-Book: A Text and Colour Atlas. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Eroschenko, V. P., & Di Fiore, M. S. (2013). DiFiore's atlas of histology with
functional correlations. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.