chondroglossus
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The chondroglossus muscle is a muscle of the tongue. It arises from the medial side of the lesser horn of the hyoid bone, before blending with intrinsic muscles of the tongue. It is supplied by the hypoglossal nerve.
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Within Vinony's link graph, chondroglossus is referenced by 66 other articles, and connects out to tongue, hyoid bone and palatoglossus muscle.
It is catalogued under the topic Muscles of the head and neck.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Muscle.Name
- Chondroglossus
- Muscle.Latin
- musculus chondroglossus
- Muscle.Image
- Gray1019.png
- Muscle.Caption
- Extrinsic muscles of the tongue. Left side.
- Muscle.Origin
- Lesser horn of hyoid bone
- Muscle.Insertion
- Intrinsic muscles of tongue
- Muscle.Action
- Assists hyoglossus in depressing tongue
- Muscle.Nerve
- Hypoglossal nerve
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Structure
- Nerve supply
- Clinical significance
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- References
The chondroglossus muscle is a muscle of the tongue. It arises from the medial side of the lesser horn of the hyoid bone, before blending with intrinsic muscles of the tongue. It is supplied by the hypoglossal nerve.
== Structure == The chondroglossus muscle is about 2 cm long. It arises from the medial side and base of the lesser horn of the hyoid bone. It passes directly upward. It then inserts by blending with the intrinsic muscles of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “chondroglossus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.