Lecture title - Muscles of the tongue
3 important questions on Lecture title - Muscles of the tongue
What are the muscles of the tongue?
2. Geniohyoid: right under genioglossus
3. Mylohyoid: most ventral, thinnest
4. Hyoglossus: most caudal, pulls tongue backwards
5. Styloglossus: styloid bone to lateral surface of tongue, elevates and retracts tongue
Tongue surface regions of a cow
2. Body: fungiform
3. Torus: vallate
4. Root
5. Lingual tonsils present right in front of epiglottis
Tongue surface regions of a horse
2. Dorsum: vallate
3. Root: follate
4. Lingual tonsils on epiglottis
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