This is named for its fingerlike projections called papillae, that extend toward the epidermis.

The tongue is covered with thousands of small bumps called papillae, which are easily visible to the naked eye.

Taste buds, in turn, are contained in structures called papillae.

A healthy tongue is pink and covered with small nodules called papillae.

The top side of the tongue is covered in small protrusions called papillae.

The cat's tongue has backwards-facing spines about 500 micrometers long, which are called papillae.

It has irregular, thorn-like, soft projections called papillae lying along these ridges.

But each ridge is also connected to the inner skin by small projections called papillae.

These projections, called papillae, have a rich blood supply, and increase the surface area.

The bacteria build up on tiny rounded projections called papillae.