Term Name: foramen cecum of tongue
Synonyms: blind foramen of tongue, cecal foramen of tongue, ductus lingualis, f. caecum linguae, foramen caecum linguae, Morgagni foramen
Definition: The median pit on the dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue, from which the limbs of a V-shaped furrow run forward and outward; the foramen cecum is the point of attachment of the thyroglossal duct and is formed during the embryological descent of the thyroid gland
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0006699]

Relationships
is part of: dorsum of tongue epithelium of tongue
is a type of: endoderm-derived structure structure with developmental contribution from neural crest vestigial structure
disjoint_from: foramen cecum of frontal bone
immediate_transformation_of: future foramen cecum