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Other tongue ability is folding the tip of the tongue upwards, which has been proposed as a recessive trait in a 1948 study, with possible epistatic interaction with the rolling gene. [5] [11] Twisting the tongue has also been studied, which is to rotate the tongue approximately 90 degrees from the plane of the blade, both to the right and to ...
The tongue positions were determined by placing a thin metal chain on Jones' tongue while saying the vowels and then photographing them. The four large dots indicate the highest point of tongue for each vowel.
Gorlin's sign. Gorlin’s sign is a medical term that indicates the ability in humans to touch the tip of the nose with the tongue. [1] Approximately ten percent of the general population can perform this act, but fifty percent of people with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (an inherited connective tissue disorder) have the ability.
The fimbriated fold of tongue, also plica fimbriata, is a slight fold of the mucous membrane on the underside of the tongue which runs laterally on either side of the frenulum. The free edge of the fimbriated fold occasionally exhibits a series of fringe-like processes. (Fimbria is Latin for fringe).
Experiments in the late 19th century on several species failed to provide evidence that offspring would inherit any character from their mother's previous mates. [1] It was superseded by the rediscovery of Mendelian inheritance and the Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory. The Encyclopædia Britannica says telegony "must now be classed as ...
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Given this connection, the mandible can be pulled forward to maximise the airway space, and prevent the tongue from sinking backwards under anaesthesia and obstructing the airway. [ 2 ] The genioglossus is often used as a proxy to test the function of the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII), by asking a patient to stick out their tongue.