II. Exam
- Stick out Tongue, turn to both sides (CN XII)
- Tongue dorsum should be pink, velvety
- Use gauze to grasp anterior Tongue to see all surfaces
- Palpate for Tongue Masses or Nodules (especially Tongue base and lateral margins)
- Observe for white lesions suggestive of Leukoplakia
III. Exam: Normal Findings
- Dorsal fissuring (Scrotal Tongue)
- Indented Lateral Margins of Tongue
- Geographic Tongue (Benign Migratory Glossitis)
- Median Rhomboid Glossitis
- Varicose Veins of Tongue ("Caviar Lesions")