(from the article `digestive system, human`) The floor of the mouth can be seen only when the tongue is raised. In the midline is a prominent, elevated fold of mucous membrane (frenulum linguae) ... congenital shortening of the flap of mucous membrane (frenum) beneath the tongue, a condition that sometimes interferes with protrusion of ...
Synonym for lingual frenulum ... A fold of mucous membrane extending from the floor of the mouth to the midline of the undersurface of the tongue. ... Synonym: frenulum linguae, frenulum of tongue, vinculum linguae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(fren´u-lәm ling´gwe) frenulum of tongue.
Type: Term Synonyms: frenulum of tongue
frenulum linguae The frenulum of the tongue.