Transverse muscle of tongue
- Transverse muscle of tongue
Infobox Muscle
Name = PAGENAME
Latin = musculus transversus linguae
GraySubject = 242
GrayPage = 1130
Caption = Coronal section of tongue, showing intrinsic muscles.
Origin = median fibrous septum
Insertion = sides of the tongue
Blood =
Nerve = hypoglossal nerve
Action =
DorlandsPre = m_22
DorlandsSuf = 12551229
The Transversus linguæ (tansverse lingualis) is a 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.
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