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copula linguae
- Term ID
- UBERON:0010034
- Synonyms
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- copula
- copula linguae
- Definition
- A single midventral prominence deriving from the ventral bases of pharyngeal arches 2, 3 and 4 - provides the covering of the posterior of the tongue //The furcula is at first separated from the tuberculum impar by a depression, but later by a ridge, the copula, formed by the forward growth and fusion of the ventral ends of the second, third, and part of the fourth branchial arches[WP]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula_linguae
- References
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- Copula:linguae
- EHDAA2:0004611
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361424000
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