Types of papillae on tongue
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Filiform papillae
most numerous; do not contain taste buds; located all over tongue
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Vallate papillae
tongue has about 12 of these elevations form a “V" in the back of the tongue; each has 100-300 taste buds
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Fungiform papillae
mushroom shaped; located all over tongue; 5 taste buds in each; look like red dots on tongue
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Foliate papillae
located on lateral edges of tongue; most of taste buds in these degenerate in early childhood
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