DIA MUNDIAL DA MOTRICIDADE OROFACIAL “Língua presa, funções orofaciais prejudicadas”

Abstract

The human tongue is one of the most important structures of the stomatognathic system, being part of all the orofacial functions like suction, mastication, deglutition, breathing and speech.Anatomically analyzed, the tongue is a muscular structure covered by mucosa, presenting, in its face ventral, a fold of mucous membrane named lingual frenum 1-2