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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:foramen cecum of tongue
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Definition:The median pit on the dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue, from which the limbs of a V-shaped furrow run forward and outward; the foramen cecum is the point of attachment of the thyroglossal duct and is formed during the embryological descent of the thyroid gland.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: Morand's foramen;   Morgagni foramen;   blind foramen of tongue;   cecal foramen of tongue;   ductus lingualis;   foramen caecum linguae;   foramen of Morgagni
 related_synonym: f. caecum linguae
 xref: FMA:54828;   MA:0000725;   SCTID:368738001;   Wikipedia:Foramen_cecum_(tongue)



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                            pharyngeal region of foregut 0
                              pharyngeal arch system 0
                                entire pharyngeal arch endoderm 0
                                  early pharyngeal endoderm 0
                                    pharyngeal pouch 0
                                      pharyngeal pouch 2 0
                                        thyroid primordium 0
                                          future foramen cecum 0
                                            foramen cecum of tongue 0
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