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Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
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*Styloglossus
*Styloglossus
**Origin: Hyoid apparatus (stylohyoid)
**Retracts and elevates tongue
*Genioglossus
*Genioglossus
**Origin: Incisive part of mandible
**Protrudes and depressed tongue
*Hyoglossus
*Hyoglossus
**Origin: Hyoid apparatus (basihyoid)
**Retracts and depresses tongue
*Geniohyoideus
*Geniohyoideus
**Origin: Incisive part of mandible
**Insertion: Body of hyoid
**Lies below the tongue (not within it)
**Draws the hyoid and therefore the tongue forward