Quain's elements of anatomy . iform papillae, more numerous than the last, are smallrounded eminences scattered over the middle and fore part of the dorsumof the tongue (fig. 491, 3) ; but they are found in greater numbers andcloser together at the apex and near the borders. They are easily dis-tinguished in the living tongue owing to their deep reel colour. Theyare narrow at their point of attachment, but are gradually en-larged towards their free extremities, which are blunt and rounded(fig. 495). The conical papillae are the most numerous of all, as well as thesmallest. They are minute, con
Quain's elements of anatomy . iform papillae, more numerous than the last, are smallrounded eminences scattered over the middle and fore part of the dorsumof the tongue (fig. 491, 3) ; but they are found in greater numbers andcloser together at the apex and near the borders. They are easily dis-tinguished in the living tongue owing to their deep reel colour. Theyare narrow at their point of attachment, but are gradually en-larged towards their free extremities, which are blunt and rounded(fig. 495). The conical papillae are the most numerous of all, as well as thesmallest. They are minute, conical, tapering, or cylindrical eminences,which are densely set over the greater part of the dorsum of the tongue(fig. 491, 4), but towards the base gradually disappear. They arearranged in lines diverging from the raphe, at first in an oblique direc- PAPILLA OF TONGUE. 569 tion like the two ranges of papillse vallatfe, but gradually becoming trans-verse towards the tip of the tongue. At the sides they are longer and Fig.
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