The tongue, situated in the floor of the mouth, is attached by the lingual frenulum
Frenulum linguae
The lingual frenulum
FrenulumThis is called the frenulum linguae.
The thin fold of mucous membrane that extends from the floor of the mouth to the underside of the tongue is called the lingual frenulum. It helps to limit the movement of the tongue and is involved in speech and eating functions.
Lingual frenum
A girl who used to be in my school had a medical case where her tongue was more or less attached to the floor of her mouth. The membrane was either too short or too rigid. But the doctors made her have it surgically removed because she couldn't speak clearly otherwise. I guess it allows your tongue to move around your mouth properly.
sublingual gland
To the floor of the mouth
Its called the Frenulum or AKA the Tongue Web.
There are two types of muscles associated with the tongue, the intrinsic and the extrinsic. The extrinsic muscles attach the tongue to the skull and anchor it to the throat.
Tongue tied (or ankyloglossia) is an oral anomaly in which the underside of the tongue is connected to the floor of the mouth by a mucus membrane. Other than decreasing the tongue's mobility, this is not a harmful condition at all. It can be easily repaired by a doctor who fixes it by basically just snipping the mucous membrane so the tongue is no longer tethered to the mouth.
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