Three types of taste-sensing papillae dot the tongue. Fungiform papillae, concentrated mostly at the tip and sides of the muscle, usually contain one taste bud on their mushroom-shaped tips.

A cat's tongue is covered in hundreds of tiny, backward-facing spines called papillae that help to keep the animal clean. Researchers have discovered that papillae are scoop-shaped and hollow ...

A cat's tongue is ideally suited for this purpose because it's carpeted with lots of sharp, hollow spines called "papillae," containing the same keratin found in hair and claws.

Patients wearing silicone hydrogel contact lenses and using Alcon’s Clear Care hydrogen peroxide solution for 3 months showed greater reductions in lid papillae and symptoms than wearers ...

Do calcified deposits in renal papillae contribute to the development of papillary COM calculi?

Hanlon’s lab had been the first to describe the structure, function and biomechanics of skin-morphing papillae in cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), but their neurological control was unknown. Hanlon ...

Thus, Wnt-β-catenin signaling is critical for fungiform papilla and taste bud development. Altered regulation of this pathway may underlie evolutionary changes in taste papilla patterning.

These results indicate that COM papillary calculi might be generated from subepithelial lesions on the tip of the renal papillae, and that the morphology of these COM calculi mainly depends on the ...