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What is this piece of skin called in the mouth?
What is the term for the tiny piece of skin that attaches the inside of your upper lip to your gums?
4 Answers
- ?Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's called the upper labial frenum. You also have one on the inside of your lower lip that attached to your gums (lower labial frenum) and one that's located under your tongue that attaches it to the floor of your mouth (lingual frenum).
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Source(s): RDA, CDA, CDPMA - 1 decade ago
Frenulum or frenum. They contain muscles fibers in them for facial expression, or in the case of the one connecting your tongue to the floor of your mouth, pulling the tongue out (genioglossus muscle).
- hazelbushLv 44 years ago
there is not any pores and skin interior your mouth.its stated as as mucosa.an its frequently stated as as frenum. if its present day between decrease lip and gum its stated as labial frenum and if its cheek and gum then stated as buccal frenum.there is one greater attaching the gum to the tongue an stated as as lingual frenum.
