Taste is most acute in or near the circumvallate papillæ. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
And in the rest of the wall circumvallate of these bearing out rownde. From Wordnik.com. [Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame] Reference
In many of the fungiform and most of the circumvallate papillæ are peculiar structures called taste buds or taste goblets. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
First he made it impossible for the Athenians to circumvallate the city; then he captured the naval stores of the enemy, forcing them to encamp in unhealthy ground. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
Towards the root of the tongue is another kind of papillæ, the circumvallate, eight to fifteen in number, arranged in the form of the letter V, with the apex directed backwards. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
There are four different varieties of papillae: fungiform, filiform, foliate, and circumvallate. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
Cow tongues must have the circumvallate papillae and tonsils, which are located at the root of the tongue, removed. From Wordnik.com. [Taipei Times] Reference
The papillæ vallatæ (circumvallate papillæ) (Fig. 1015) are of large size, and vary from eight to twelve in number. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2a. The Mouth] Reference
Finally, circumvallate papillae are the largest but least numerous of the papillae on the tongue, and are located on the back of the tongue. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
It is now pretty satisfactorily established that the circumvallate, or fungiform papillae are the only ones concerned in the special sense of taste. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
Taste buds are located in the circumvallate, fungiform, and foliate papillae, being most sensitive in the foliate papillae; but are not present in the filiform papillae. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
The circumvallate are shaped like an inverted V and are found only near the root of the tongue; the largest of this class of papillae have other very small papillae upon their surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
The muscular system is untouched; the structure and nature of the terminal circumvallate papilla have to be made out; the lingual teeth must be re-examined; and the characters of the male determined. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3] Reference
Hsu Tien-lai, director general of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine under the COA, said that high-risk circumvallate papillae, toward the base of the tongue, are required to be removed from beef tongues before entering Taiwan. From Wordnik.com. [China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper] Reference
Using fungiform (FG) and circumvallate (CV) taste buds isolated by laser capture microdissection and analyzed using gene arrays, we previously constructed a comprehensive database of gene expression in primates, which revealed over 2,300 taste bud-associated genes. From Wordnik.com. [Elites TV] Reference
E, circumvallate papillæ. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
D, median circumvallate papilla. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
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