Any of the large papillae, which have multiple taste buds in the trough surrounding the papillae, located near the base and on the dorsal side of the tongue. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb MP:0006258 ]
Synonyms: papilla vallatae vallate papilla of tongue circumvallate papilla of tongue circumvallate papilla
Term information
- EMAPA:18271
- UMLS:C0226965 (BIRNLEX:4106_2)
- MA:0001594
- BIRNLEX:4106_2
- UMLS:C1182961 (ncithesaurus:Circumvallate_Papilla)
- FMA:54822
- UMLS:C1267555 (BIRNLEX:4106_2)
- SCTID:69517000
- Wikipedia:Vallate_papilla
- BTO:0001705
- NCIT:C32322
pheno_slim
Any one of the largest papilla of the tongue, 8 to 12 in number, arranged in the form of a V anterior to the sulcus terminalis of the tongu[BTO:0001705, Wikipedia:Vallate_papilla]e