A lingula on a Greek sandal of the imperial Roman period, originally specific in classical fashion to Spartan footwear
Lingula is Latin for "little tongue". It can stand for:
Lingula (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus of the family Lingulidae, which is among the few brachiopods surviving today but also known from fossils over 500 million years old
Lingala language, a Bantu language
A wide strap above the instep in sandals
In anatomy:
the Lingula of left lung, one of the segments of the left lung with a tongue-shape
The Sphenoidal lingula, a part of the sphenoid bone
The Lingula of mandible, a ridge on the medial aspect of the body of the mandible, just anterior to the mandibular foramen
the Lingula of cerebellum
Taenia of fourth ventricle
In the vasiform orifice of the Aleyrodidae a small, tongue-like organ assisting in the excretion of honeydew
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Lingula is Latin for "little tongue". It can stand for: Lingula (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus of the family Lingulidae, which is among the few brachiopods...
The lingula of the mandible is a prominent bony ridge on the medial side of the mandible. It is next to the mandibular foramen. It gives attachment to...
Lingula anatina is a brachiopod species in the genus Lingula. Like others in its genus, L. anatina is a filter feeder that uses a lophophore to extract...
feature, a projection of the upper lobe termed the lingula. Its name means "little tongue". The lingula on the left lung serves as an anatomic parallel to...
Lingula reevii is an inarticulated brachiopod species assigned to the family Lingulidae. L. reevii is rare and is known to occur in shallow, sandy reef...
angle between the body and great wing, is a ridge of bone, called the lingula. This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 148 of the...
Agallia lingula is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae. "Agallia lingula Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 6 February 2018...
The lingula is a small tongue-shaped process, consisting of four or five folia; it lies in front of the lobulus centralis, and is concealed by it. Anteriorly...
distasteful and seldom attack them. Among brachiopods, only the lingulids (Lingula sp.) have been fished commercially, on a very small scale. One brachiopod...
marine conditions resulted in marine or brackish water genera such as Lingula, Orbiculoidea, and Productus being found in the thin beds known as marine...
ventricle. It extends between the two superior cerebellar peduncles. The lingula of cerebellum covers - and adheres to - its dorsal surface. The superior...
attached to the spine of the sphenoid bone; inferiorly, it is attached to the lingula of mandible.: 671 The SML acts to limit inferior-ward movement of the...
sphenomandibular ligament runs from the spine of the sphenoid bone to the lingula of mandible. The inferior alveolar nerve descends between the sphenomandibular...
Proof that Lingula (Brachiopoda) is not a living-fossil, and emended diagnoses of the Family Lingulidae A paper that argues that genus Lingula is not as...
presents in front a prominent ridge, surmounted by a sharp spine, the lingula of the mandible, which gives attachment to the sphenomandibular ligament;...
and insects. With an associated aquatic fauna containing the brachiopod Lingula, clam shrimps, and fish. The authors speculated, due to the nature of the...
multitude of extinct forms... The Silurian Lingula differs but little from the living species of this genus". Lingula is among the few brachiopods surviving...
formation in England. It preserves marine fossils, notably of the brachiopod Lingula, dating back to the Ludlow stage of the late Silurian period. Earth sciences...
within the right upper lobe and lingula. d) Lung ultrasonographic image displaying thin-walled cavities in the lingula region of the left lung. This requires...
contralateral superior retina representing the inferior visual field. The lingula receives information from the contralateral inferior retina representing...
species to change slowly, but not at the same rate – some organisms such as Lingula were unchanged since the earliest fossils. The pace of natural selection...
segment of the right upper lobe. If one is lying on the left, it goes to the lingula. See also: Choking § Treatment, Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiovascular...
sternum. If the left heart border is blurred, this implies a process at the lingula. A lung nodule is a discrete opacity in the lung which may be caused by:...
inferior), plus a small tongue-shaped portion of the upper lobe known as the lingula. Each lobe is further divided up into segments called bronchopulmonary...
about the sixth month. About the fourth month, a center appears for each lingula and speedily joins the rest of the bone. The presphenoid is united to the...
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