The ventral surface of the tongue is keratinized. The dorsum of the tongue has thick parakeratinized to keratinized epithelium.
A) Both statements are true.
B) The first statement is true; the second is false.
C) The first statement is false; the second is true.
D) Both statements are false.

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The underside of the tongue, referred to as the ventral surface, has very thin nonkeratinized epithelium. The uppermost surface, known as the dorsum of the tongue, can withstand more trauma because it is thick and parakeratinized to keratinized.

The Ventral Surface of the Tongue Is Keratinized