Tongue Muscles

Question 1

What is the function of the palatoglossus muscle?

Answer 1

elevates the back of tongue and lower the soft palate and aids in the initiation of swallowing

Question 2

what muscle helps us make the sounds /t/, /d/, /s/, /z/?

Answer 2

posterior genioglossus

Question 3

What is the vallate papillae?

Answer 3

taste buds

Question 4

The _______ _______ septum is a band of fibrous tissue that runs down the center of the tongue

Answer 4

medium fibrous septum

Question 5

The lingual frenum is a ________ membrane

Answer 5

mucous

Question 6

What is the tongue mainly made up of?

Answer 6

muscles

Question 7

What is the origin and insertion of the styloglossus muscle?

Answer 7

origin: styloid process of the temporal bone
insertion: inferior sides of the tongue

Question 8

How are the intrinsic muscles innervated?

Answer 8

hypoglossal XII

Question 9

What muscles can tense or relax the tongue (intrinsic or extrinsic?)

Answer 9

intrinsic

Question 10

This intrinsic muscles elevates the tongue tip, deviates tongue tip, and aids in retracting the tongue tip/shortening the tongue

Answer 10

Superior longitudinal

Question 11

What nerve innervates the anterior 2/3 (body) of the tongue?

Answer 11

Facial nerve VII

Question 12

Do intrinsic or extrinsic muscles position the tongue?

Answer 12

extrinsic

Question 13

Contraction of the anterior fibers of the genioglossus does what to the tongue?

Answer 13

retract tongue

Question 14

a disorder where the band of tissue that attaches the tongue to the floor of the mouth is too short, also known as tongue tied

Answer 14

ankyloglossia

Question 15

What are the three functions of the tongue?

Answer 15

1. gustatory sense
2. swallowing
3. speech articulation

Question 16

Do intrinsic or extrinsic muscles make up the tongue body itself and SHAPE the tongue?

Answer 16

intrinsic

Question 17

What muscle helps with back sounds (i.e., eeeeee-yuh)?

Answer 17

hyoglossus muscle

Question 18

What is the function of the hyoglossus muscle?

Answer 18

to draw the tongue back and downward toward the hyoid bone, needed for back sounds (i.e., eeeeeeee-yuh)

Question 19

This intrinsic muscle flattens and broadens the tongue, pulls the tongue into floor of mouth

Answer 19

Vertical

Question 20

All of the extrinsic muscles are innervated by _________ besides the _______ muscle, which is innervated by the vagus nerve

Answer 20

hypoglossal (XII), palatoglossus

Question 21

What muscle aids in the initiation of swallowing?

Answer 21

palatoglossus

Question 22

This intrinsic muscle runs along the length of the tongue and comprises the upper layer of the tongue

Answer 22

Superior longitudinal

Question 23

tongue clipping surgery is called what?

Answer 23

frenectomy

Question 24

What extrinsic muscle forms the anterior faucial pillar?

Answer 24

palatoglossus muscle

Question 25

This intrinsic muscle pulls tongue tip down, deviates tongue tip, and aids in retraction of tongue tip/shortening of the tongue

Answer 25

Inferior longitudinal

Question 26

What is the function of the styloglossus muscle?

Answer 26

to draw the tongue backward and upward, back high vowels (i.e., lOOk, cOOk, QUiet)

Question 27

What tongue muscle is the biggest and strongest muscle?

Answer 27

genioglossus

Question 28

What is the origin and insertion of the palatoglossus muscle?

Answer 28

origin: soft palate
insertion: sides of the posterior tongue

Question 29

What is the origin and insertion of the hyoglossus muscle?

Answer 29

origin: hyoid bone
insertion: sides of the tongue

Question 30

What extrinsic muscle helps with high back vowels?

Answer 30

styloglossus muscle

Question 31

What extrinsic muscle connects the soft palate to the side of the tongue?

Answer 31

palatoglossus muscle

Question 32

What happens when all the fibers of the genioglossus contract?

Answer 32

tongue down making the dorsum trough-like

Question 33

This intrinsic muscle pulls the edges of the tongue toward the midline and narrows and bulges the tongue

Answer 33

Transverse

Question 34

where the lingual muscles attach is called the what?

Answer 34

median sulcus

Question 35

Contraction of the posterior fibers of the genioglossus does what to the tongue?

Answer 35

protrude tongue
i.e., stick out your tongue or press tongue tip against the teeth or alveolar ridge (lingua-dental and lingua-alveolar phonemes)

Question 36

What nerve innervates the posterior 1/3 (root) of the tongue?

Answer 36

glossopharyngeal nerve IX

Question 37

What is the origin and insertion for the genioglossus?

Answer 37

origin: genio (chin/lower mandible)
insertion: tongue and hyoid bone