hyoglossus (muscle)


hy·o·glos·sus (mus·cle)

[TA] muscle of tongue; origin, body and greater horn of hyoid bone; insertion, side of the tongue; action, retracts and pulls down side of tongue; nerve supply, motor by hyoglossal, sensory by lingual. Synonym(s): musculus hyoglossus [TA], hyoglossal muscle, hyoglossus