Frenulum Anatomy

The frenulum of prepuce of penis often known simply as the frenulum is an elastic band of tissue under the glans penis that connects the foreskin prepuce to the vernal mucosa and helps contract the foreskin over the glans. It tends to limit the movement of the tongue and in some people it is so short that it actually interferes with speaking.

Clinmed International Library Short Lingual Frenulum And

The frenulum of labia minora fourchette or posterior commissure of the labia minora is a frenulum where the labia minora meet posteriorly.

Frenulum anatomy. Height of midline floor of mouth fascial attachment to ventral tongue fig. Frenula or frena from the latin frēnulum little bridle the diminutive of frēnum is a small fold of tissue that secures or restricts the motion of a mobile organ in the body. Proper development of this particular frenum begins in utero and continues after birth.

A predominantly opaque frenulum with a small crescentshaped. Fold of mucous membrane frenulum linguae that binds each lip to the gums and on each side of this is a slight fold called a sublingual papilla from which the ducts of the submandibular salivary glands open. The midline mucosal.

The reddish or purplish glans or glans penis head of the penis is smooth shiny moist and extremely sensitive. The frenulum or frenum is a connecting membrane on the underside of the penis similar to that beneath the tongue. General description of frenulum morphology in each specimen specimen 1 fig.

Structures of the penis. The lingual frenulum or frenum is a small fold of tissue that attaches the tongue to the floor of the mouth. A frenulum or frenum plural.

Length of the fold of the frenulum. Running outward and backward from each sublingual papilla is a ridge the. Height of midline mucosal attachment to ventral tongue fig.

Ideally it should attach under the tongue at about midpoint but occasionally the attachment can be unusually thick short or tight. The thin strip of tissue that runs vertically from the floor of the mouth to the undersurface of the tongue is called the lingual frenulum. Variations in lingual frenulum morphology height of midline floor of mouth fascial attachment to mandible fig.

Very similar morphology to specimen 1 but with genioglossus drawn even.

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