Superior longitudinal muscle of tongue

Superior longitudinal muscle of tongue

Coronal section of tongue, showing intrinsic muscles.
Details
Origin Close to the epiglottis, from the median fibrous septum
Insertion Edges of the tongue
Nerve Hypoglossal nerve
Actions Retracts the tongue with the inferior longitudinal muscle, making the tongue short and thick
Identifiers
Latin musculus longitudinalis superior linguae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
m_22/12549716
TA A05.1.04.106
FMA 46693

Anatomical terms of muscle

The Longitudinalis linguæ superior (Superior lingualis) is a thin stratum of oblique and longitudinal fibers immediately underlying the mucous membrane on the dorsum of the tongue.

Course

It arises from the submucous fibrous layer close to the epiglottis and from the median fibrous septum, and runs forward to the edges of the tongue.

References

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

External links

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