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A frenulum (or frenum) is a small fold of tissue that prevents an organ in the body from moving too far. There are frenula at several points of the body, including several in the mouth (frenulum linguae, f. labii superioris, f. labii inferioris of the tongue, upper and lower lips respectively), some in the digestive tract, and some connected to the external genitalia. In the female these include the frenulum clitoridis of the clitoris and the frenulum labiorum pudendi (aka. ...
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| frenulum |
A small fold of tissue that connects a more fixed part, such as the floor of the mouth, to a movable part, like the tongue.
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| frenulum |
a shorter than average connection between the floor of the mouth and the underside of the tongue
출처: aspin.asu.edu/geneinfo/glos-f.htm
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| frenulum |
Noun. (Latin, frenulum, diminutive of frenum = bridle. Pl., frenula). The spine (simple in males, compound in females) at the base of the hindwings in many Lepidoptera. The frenulum projects beneath the forewing to unite the wings in flight.
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| frenulum linguae |
The lingual frenulum; a fold of tissue from the floor of the mouth to the mid-line of the undersurface of the tongue. A short lingual frenulum is described as tongue-tie, which can affect the elevation of the tongue tip to the palate for production of specific sounds (generally L, T, D), but is rarely clinically significant.
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