Hyoglossus
Head & throat
- Origin
- Body and greater horn of the hyoid bone
- Insertion
- Side of the tongue
- Action
- Pulls the tongue down and flattens it
- Nerve supply
- Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
A thin, square muscle rising from the hyoid into the side of the tongue. It pulls the sides of the tongue down.
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