FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term tongue morphogenesis ID (Ontology) GO:0043587 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which the anatomical structures of the tongue are generated and organized. The tongue is the movable, muscular organ on the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates, in man other mammals is the principal organ of taste, aids in the prehension of food, in swallowing, and in modifying the voice as in speech.
Also Known As "lingua morphogenesis"
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  animal organ morphogenesis
   |__sensory organ morphogenesis
       |__tongue morphogenesis
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Is a sensory organ morphogenesis
Part of tongue development
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  • "glossa morphogenesis" NARROW
    "lingua morphogenesis" EXACT
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