Vertical muscle of tongue

Vertical muscle of tongue
Vertical muscle of tongue
	A coronal section of tongue, showing intrinsic muscles.
Details
Origin	submucosal fibrous layer of dorsum of tongue
Insertion	inferior surface borders of tongue
Nerve	hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
Actions	flattens and broadens tongue
Identifiers
Latin	Musculus verticalis linguae
TA98	A05.1.04.109
TA2	2125
FMA	46696
	Anatomical terms of muscle [edit on Wikidata]

The vertical muscle of the tongue is an intrinsic muscle of the tongue. Its fibers extend from the upper to the under surface of the tongue. It moves the tongue.

Structure[]

The vertical muscle of the tongue is an intrinsic muscle of the tongue.^[1] It is found only at the borders of the forepart of the tongue. Its fibers extend from the upper to the under surface of the tongue.

Nerve supply[]

The vertical of the tongue is supplied by the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII).^[2]

Function[]

The vertical muscle of the tongue moves the tongue. It flattens and broadens it.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1131 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

^ Aggarwal, Annu; Thompson, Philip D. (2011). "44 - Unusual focal dyskinesias". Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Elsevier. pp. 617–628. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-52014-2.00044-6. ISBN 978-0-444-52014-2. ISSN 0072-9752.
^ Love, Russell J.; Webb, Wanda G. (1992). "7 - The Cranial Nerves". Neurology for the Speech-Language Pathologist (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 112–136. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7506-9076-8.50013-7. ISBN 978-0-7506-9076-8.

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[:0-1] Aggarwal, Annu; Thompson, Philip D. (2011). "44 - Unusual focal dyskinesias". Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Elsevier. pp. 617–628. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-52014-2.00044-6. ISBN 978-0-444-52014-2. ISSN 0072-9752.

[2] Love, Russell J.; Webb, Wanda G. (1992). "7 - The Cranial Nerves". Neurology for the Speech-Language Pathologist (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 112–136. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7506-9076-8.50013-7. ISBN 978-0-7506-9076-8.

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