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