On each side of the oropharynx, styloglossus is one of the extrinsic muscles of the tongue. In continuity it originates from the:
It passes inferiorly and anteriorly to insert into the side and inferior aspects of the tongue. The muscle fibres of styloglossus merge with those of hyoglossus on the tongue.
It is innervated by the hypoglossal nerve (XII).
Styloglossus acts to:
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