| Sublingual caruncle | |
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| The mouth cavity. The apex of the tongue is turned upward, and on the right side a superficial dissection of its under surface has been made. (Sublingual caruncle visible but not labeled.) | |
| Latin | caruncula sublingualis |
The sublingual caruncle is a site on either side of the frenulum linguae on the sublingual surface of the tongue. There it denotes the site at which the submandibular gland empties into the oral cavity.
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