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styloglossus: retracts the tongue, elevates side
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What is the muscle that closes and retracts the mandible?
Temporalis
Is their a bone in your tongue?
No, there is no bone in your tongue. The tongue is a muscle, and only a muscle.
Strongest muscle in the body is?
yes the tongue is the strongest muscle is the tongue
How much of muscle is in a human tongue?
The whole tongue is a muscle!
What is muscle tissue in tip of tongue?
muscle tissue in tip of tongue
What muscle elevates the tongue?
Styloglossus elevates and retracts tongue Genioglossus protrudes and depresses centre of tongue Hyoglossus depresses tongue Palatoglossus elevates back of tongue and depresses soft palate and moves palatopharyngeal folds to midline.
Why is a tongue a tissue?
the tongue is a muscle, not a tissue.
What tongue muscle sticks out your tongue?
Genioglossus
Which muscle is not connected at both ends?
The tongue is a muscle that is not attached at both ends.
Where are the strongest muscles in a human body?
Two muscles: The masster(jaw) The tongue
Which muscle curls the tongue in a human?
The superior longitudinal muscle, an intrinsic muscle that originates within the tongue allows the tongue to curl. It runs along the superior surface of the tongue under the mucous membrane.
What is the bendiest muscle?
the bendiest muscle is the tongue
