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A mother asks what the bluish structures she sees under her child's tongue are. The correct explanation is that they are:
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Correct answer: A. The venous supply (sublingual/lingual veins)
- A. Correct. The bluish lines on the ventral tongue are the normal sublingual/lingual veins (venous supply).
- B. A sialolith would be a firm swelling/obstructive symptom, not normal bilateral bluish lines.
- C. The frenulum is the midline fold, not the bluish vascular structures.
- D. A ranula is a unilateral bluish mucus-retention cyst of the floor of mouth, not the normal veins.
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