Planteome: Term Details for "tongue morphogenesis" (GO:0043587)

Accession: GO:0043587
Name: tongue morphogenesis
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: lingua morphogenesis, glossa morphogenesis
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which the anatomical structures of the tongue are generated and organized. The tongue is the movable, muscular organ on the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates, in man other mammals is the principal organ of taste, aids in the prehension of food, in swallowing, and in modifying the voice as in speech. Source: GOC:jl, UBERON:0001723
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0043587 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to tongue morphogenesis.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to tongue morphogenesis.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for tongue morphogenesis.
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