Lingula
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Lingula is Latin
for "little tongue
". It can stand for:
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
for "little tongue
Tongue
The tongue is a muscular hydrostat on the floors of the mouths of most vertebrates which manipulates food for mastication. It is the primary organ of taste , as much of the upper surface of the tongue is covered in papillae and taste buds. It is sensitive and kept moist by saliva, and is richly...
". It can stand for:
- Lingula (genus)Lingula (genus)Lingula is a genus of brachiopods within the class Lingulata. Lingula is known since the Tertiary.-Species:The following species are recognised:*Lingula adamsi Dall, 1873*Lingula anatina Lamarck, 1801*Lingula dregeri Andreae, 1893...
, a brachiopod genus of the family Lingulidae, which is among the few brachiopods surviving today but also known from fossils over 500 million years old - In anatomy:
- the Lingula of left lungLingula of left lungThe human left lung, unlike the right, contains no middle lobe. However, the term lingula is used to denote a projection of the upper lobe of the left lung that serves as the homologue. Some sources define the lingula as a distinct lobe...
, one of the segments of the left lung with a tongue-shape - The Sphenoidal lingula ; a part of the sphenoid bone
- The Lingula of mandibleLingula of mandibleThe margin of the mandibular foramen is irregular; it presents in front a prominent ridge, surmounted by a sharp spine, the lingula of the mandible which gives attachment to the sphenomandibular ligament; at its lower and back part is a notch from which the mylohyoid groove runs obliquely downward...
, a ridge on the medial aspect of the body of the mandible, just anterior to the mandibular foramen - the Lingula of cerebellumLingula of cerebellumThe lingula is a small tongue-shaped process, consisting of four or five folia; it lies in front of the lobulus centralis, and is concealed by it....
- the Lingula of left lung