Ulimi
ulimi luyisitho somzimba esiyimisipha esisendlini yomlomo ye-tetrapod ejwayelekile. lulawulwa ukudla kuhlafunwe futhi kugwinywe njengengxenye Inqubo yokugayeka kokudla. Uhlangothi olungaphezulu lolimi (i-dorsum) lumbozwe ama-taste buds afakwe kuma-papillae amaningi olimi. Izwela futhi igcinwe imanzi amathe futhi inikezwa kakhulu izinzwa Imithambo yegazi. Ulimi lusebenza futhi njengendlela engokwemvelo yokuhlanza amazinyo.[1] Umsebenzi oyinhloko wolimi ukwenza abantu bakwazi ukukhuluma futhi bakhulume kwezinye izilwane.
Ulimi lomuntu luhlukaniswe izingxenye ezimbili, ingxenye ngomlomo ngaphambili nengxenye i-pharyngeal ngemuva. Izinhlangothi zesobunxele nezokudla nazo zihlukaniswe ngobude bayo ngengxenye eqondile yezicubu ezinemicu (i-lingual septum) eholela emseleni, i-median sulcus, ebusweni bolimi.
Kunamaqembu amabili emisipha egqamile. Imisipha emine engokwemvelo ishintsha ukuma kolimi futhi ayinawo amathambo. Imisipha emine ehlanganisiwe ishintsha ukuma kolimi futhi iboshelwe emathanjeni.
- ↑ Maton, Anthea; Hopkins, Jean; McLaughlin, Charles William; Johnson, Susan; Warner, Maryanna Quon; LaHart, David; Wright, Jill D. (1993). Human Biology and Health. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, US: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-981176-1.