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Tongue: Fungiform papillae
Fungiform papillae (mushroom-shaped) are rounded and reddish in appearance, because their relatively thin epithelium overlies a rich capillary network in the connective tissue core. A few, scattered taste buds may be present on the dorsum of these papillae, but none are visible in this section. Fungiform papillae are irregularly dispersed among the filiform papillae. 100x
![Fungiform papillae <p>Fungiform papillae (mushroom-shaped) are rounded and reddish in appearance, because their relatively thin epithelium overlies a rich capillary network in the connective tissue core. A few, scattered taste buds may be present on the dorsum of these papillae, but none are visible in this section. Fungiform papillae are irregularly dispersed among the filiform papillae. 100x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Or.Dig_.OC_.T-3-1-ping.png)
Fungiform papillae
Fungiform papillae (mushroom-shaped) are rounded and reddish in appearance, because their relatively thin epithelium overlies a rich capillary network in the connective tissue core. A few, scattered taste buds may be present on the dorsum of these papillae, but none are visible in this section. Fungiform papillae are irregularly dispersed among the filiform papillae. 100x
![- Keratinized epithelium <p>Fungiform papillae (mushroom-shaped) are rounded and reddish in appearance, because their relatively thin epithelium overlies a rich capillary network in the connective tissue core. A few, scattered taste buds may be present on the dorsum of these papillae, but none are visible in this section. Fungiform papillae are irregularly dispersed among the filiform papillae. 100x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Or.Dig_.OC_.T-3-3-ping.png)
- Keratinized epithelium
Fungiform papillae (mushroom-shaped) are rounded and reddish in appearance, because their relatively thin epithelium overlies a rich capillary network in the connective tissue core. A few, scattered taste buds may be present on the dorsum of these papillae, but none are visible in this section. Fungiform papillae are irregularly dispersed among the filiform papillae. 100x
![- Connective tissue core <p>Fungiform papillae (mushroom-shaped) are rounded and reddish in appearance, because their relatively thin epithelium overlies a rich capillary network in the connective tissue core. A few, scattered taste buds may be present on the dorsum of these papillae, but none are visible in this section. Fungiform papillae are irregularly dispersed among the filiform papillae. 100x</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Or.Dig_.OC_.T-3-2-ping.png)
- Connective tissue core
Fungiform papillae (mushroom-shaped) are rounded and reddish in appearance, because their relatively thin epithelium overlies a rich capillary network in the connective tissue core. A few, scattered taste buds may be present on the dorsum of these papillae, but none are visible in this section. Fungiform papillae are irregularly dispersed among the filiform papillae. 100x
![Image source > <p>These images were taken of slides from the University of Mississippi and University of Michigan and collections.</p>](https://digitalhistology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Or.Dig_.OC_.T-3-4-ping.png)
Image source >
These images were taken of slides from the University of Mississippi and University of Michigan and collections.