Transverse muscle of tongue

The transverse muscle of tongue (transversus linguae) is an intrinsic muscle of the tongue. It consists of fibers which arise from the median fibrous septum and pass lateralward to be inserted into the submucous fibrous tissue at the sides of the tongue.

Transverse muscle of tongue
Coronal section of tongue, showing intrinsic muscles.
Details
Originmedian fibrous septum
Insertionsides of the tongue
Nervehypoglossal nerve
Actionsmakes the tongue narrow and elongated
Identifiers
Latinmusculus transversus linguae
TA98A05.1.04.108
TA22124
FMA46695
Anatomical terms of muscle

The transverse lingual muscle is innervated by cranial nerve XII, the hypoglossal. This muscle functions to narrow and elongate the tongue.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1130 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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