Tongue depressor

A tongue depressor is a sterile wooden pallet, used by physicians to displace the tongue when examining the mouth or throat.  They are designed to be discarded after use.  
In Frozen, House dumps out a bunch of tongue depressors to waste money to try to convince Cameron to convince the rest of the finance committee to restore free cable to the patients' room so he can watch it in the coma ward.
In House M.D. - Critical Cases a tongue depressor is one of the Supplies needed to advance in game play.  It is associated with the color purple and the digestive system.  
Category:Medical equipment
Category:Critical Cases