Chapter 7 Part 2 (Actions of Tongue Muscles)

Question 1

elevate tip; shorten tongue, turn tip: left, right, turn lateral margins up for grooving and dishing; makes phonemes /t/, /d/, /l/

Answer 1

Superior longitudinal muscle

Question 2

shortens tongue, tip down

Answer 2

Inferior longitudinal

Question 3

narrows and elongates tongue

Answer 3

Transverse muscle

Question 4

flatten tongue

Answer 4

Vertical muscle

Question 5

anterior fibers retract tongue, posterior fibers protrude tongue, both together depress tongue

Answer 5

Genioglossus

Question 6

draws tongue up and back, pulls sides of 
tongue up for trough 


Answer 6

Styloglossus

Question 7

raise dorsum and blade of tongue or lower the soft palate

Answer 7

Glossopalatine

Question 8

depress and retract tongue (or elevate hyoid)

Answer 8

Hyoglossus

Question 9

Muscles that protrude tongue

Answer 9

Posterior genioglossus, Transverse intrinsic

Question 10

Muscles that move tip up

Answer 10

Superior longitudinal

Question 11

Muscles that groove

Answer 11

Superior longitudinal, styloglossus

Question 12

Muscles that move tip down

Answer 12

Inferior longitudinal

Question 13

Muscles that make tongue long and narrow

Answer 13

Transverse

Question 14

Muscles that flatten tongue

Answer 14

Anterior and posterior genioglossus, vertical

Question 15

Muscles that retract tongue

Answer 15

Styloglossus, hyoglossus, anterior genioglossus

Question 16

Muscles that raise dorsum

Answer 16

Palatoglossus, styloglossus

Question 17

Muscles that shorten tongue

Answer 17

Superior and inferior longitudinal

Question 18

elevate mandible

Answer 18

Masseter

Question 19

elevate mandible quickly

Answer 19

Temporalis

Question 20

elevate mandible, alternate masseter & temporalis to grind

Answer 20

Internal pterygoid muscle

Question 21

protrude mandible

Answer 21

Lateral pterygoid

Question 22

depress mandible

Answer 22

Geniohyoid

Question 23

depress mandible

Answer 23

Digastricus

Question 24

depress mandible

Answer 24

Mylohyoid