A Colour Atlas of the Tongue in Clinical Diagnosis

The normal tongue: the development of the tongue, anatomical features, surface of the tongue, sensory modalities, muscles of the tongue, blood supply of the tongue, normal tongues of all ages, changes in taste examination of the mouth and tongue dehydration, saliva and the tongue large tongues small tongues coatings of the tongue portcullis syndrome and angular stomatitis ulcers of the tongue acute glossitis, including drug-induced glossitis geographic tongue or glossitis areata migrans general disorders with clinical signs on the tongue vesiculo-bullous diseases of the tongue specific disease and surface lesions infections, including viral, bacterial, fungal, sexually transmitted colour changes tongue changes in congenital and developmental abnormalities: small tongue or microglossia, predominantly large tongues, fissured tongues, lobulation and fusion defects, ankyloglossia (or tongue-tie) palsies, paralysis, myoclonus and muscle disorders tumours, haemangiomas, cysts, ranulas and cancers specialized examinations.