title: Conditions peculiar to the tongue.
abstract: The tongue is the organ of taste, and it functions in speech, mastication, and the deglutition of food. This muscular organ is affected by many conditions and diseases, including a variety of developmental, traumatic, inflammatory, infectious, and neoplastic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Diagnostic Science, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Dentistry at San Antonio, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McNally
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Langlais
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology