Vertical muscle of tongue

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Vertical muscle of tongue

Coronal section of tongue, showing intrinsic muscles.
Latin	musculus verticalis linguae
Gray's	subject #242 1131
Origin
Insertion
Artery:
Nerve:	Hypoglossal nerve
Action:
Dorlands /Elsevier	m_22/12551359

The Verticalis linguæ (Vertical lingualis) is found only at the borders of the forepart of the tongue.

Its fibers extend from the upper to the under surface of the organ.

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List of muscles of head and neck: the head

Extraocular (CN III, IV, VI)

oblique (inferior, superior) - rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) - levator palpebrae superioris (superior tarsal)

Mastication (CN V3)

masseter - temporalis - pterygoid (lateral, medial)

Facial (CN VII)

Mouth/throat (CN IX, X, XI)
(except TVP=V3)

Soft palate	veli palatini (tensor, levator) - musculus uvulae - palatopharyngeus (to pharnyx) - palatoglossus (to tongue)

Pharynx	pharyngeal constrictor (superior, middle, inferior) - longitudinal (stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus)

Larynx	cricothyroid - cricoarytenoid (posterior, lateral) - arytenoid (oblique arytenoid/aryepiglottic, transverse arytenoid) - thyroarytenoid (vocal, thyroepiglottic)