Body Location or Region
sublingual region
sub·lin·gual re·gion
Subclass of:
Oral cavity
Definitions related to sublingual region:
  • (mouth floor) The area of the mouth beneath the TONGUE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (floor of mouth) The horseshoe-shaped part of the oral cavity bounded superiorly by the ventral surface of the tongue, inferiorly by the mylohyoid muscle, anterolaterally by the gingival surfaces of the mandible, and posteriorly by the anterior tonsillar pillar.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The area directly beneath the tongue.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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