styloglossus

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Introduction

Extrinsic muscle of the tongue.

Origin

lower end of styloid process

Insertion

side & underside of tongue

Action

retracts tongue

Innervation

hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)

More general terms

References

  1. ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
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