Muscles of the tongue
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Among the muscles of the tongue, paired, striated, distinguish their own muscles and muscles, beginning on the bones of the skeleton (skeletal muscles). The native muscles of the tongue begin and end within the tongue, and the skeletal muscles have a bone beginning.
Skeletal muscles of the tongue
|
Muscle |
Start |
Attachment |
Function |
Innervation |
|
The chin-lingual muscle |
Chinstrap of lower jaw |
Top and base of tongue |
Pulls the tongue forward and downward |
Upper laryngeal nerve |
|
Sublingual-lingual muscle |
Body and large horn of the hyoid bone |
The lateral part of the tongue |
Pulls the tongue down and back |
Lower laryngeal nerve |
|
Silo-lingual muscle |
The styloid process of the temporal bone |
Lateral and lower parts of the tongue |
Pulls the tongue back and forth |
Also |
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