Definition of Styloglossus. Meaning of Styloglossus. Synonyms of Styloglossus

- [citation needed] The styloglossus draws up the sides of the tongue to create a trough for swallowing. Acting bilaterally (both styloglossus muscles contracting...
- between the medial pterygoid muscle and styloglossus muscle. Upon reaching the superior border of the styloglossus muscle, the tonsillar artery penetrates...
- direction, and supplies several muscles (hyoglossus, genioglossus and styloglossus) that it p****es. The rootlets of the hypoglossal nerve arise from the...
- genioglossus, the hyoglossus (often including the chondroglossus) the styloglossus, and the palatoglossus. Their main functions are altering the tongue's...
- styloglossus and hyoglossus (the rest XII)) such that the tongue slopes downwards posteriorly. The contraction of the genioglossus and styloglossus (both...
- ligament[citation needed] stylomandibular ligament[citation needed] styloglossus muscle (innervated by the hypoglossal nerve)[citation needed] stylohyoid...
- nerve; and higher up, it is separated from the internal carotid by the styloglossus and stylopharyngeus muscles, the glossopharyngeal nerve, the pharyngeal...
- large food bolus, thereby facilitating swallowing Stylohyoid muscle Styloglossus muscle Stylopharyngeus muscle. Left temporal bone. Inferior surface....
- depresses tongue (some consider this muscle to be part of hyoglossus) 2 1 styloglossus head, tongue (left/right) styloid process of temporal bone tongue lingual...
- where they are covered by a fascicle of muscular fibers derived from the styloglossus and inferior longitudinal muscles. They produce a glycoprotein, mucin...