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Muscles of the tongue, seen from the right side.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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Muscles of the tongue, seen from the right side

a) Mandible, body.
b) Mandible, ramus.
c) Styloid process.
d) Hyoid bone.
e) Larynx.
f) Lingula.

  1. m. lingualis.
  2. m. genioglossus.
  3. m. hyoglossus.
  4. m. styloglossus.
  5. m. stylopharyngeus.
  6. m. geniohyoideus.
  7. m. mylohyoideus (s. digastricus).
  8. thyrohyoid membrane.
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