Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry · 2020
A 30-year-old man complains of a fever of 38°C, weakness, and sore throat. Examination detects a white coating on the patient's tongue. What histological structures of the tongue take part in the formation of this coating?
Answer options
- Epithelium of the fungiform papillae
- Epithelium of the folate papillae
- Epithelium of the filiform papillae
- Connective tissue core of all lingual papillae
- Epithelium of the circumvallate papilla
Correct answer
Epithelium of the filiform papillae
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