See Also: inferior lingual muscle(medicine)
superficial lingual muscle(medicine)
inferior tarsal muscle(medicine)
inferior constrictor muscle of pharynx(medicine)
inferior longitudinal muscle of tongue(medicine)
inferior oblique muscle of head(medicine)
inferior posterior serratus muscle(medicine)
inferior belly of omohyoid muscle(medicine)
thyropharyngeal part of inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle(medicine)
dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery(medicine)

inferior lingual muscle (medicine)


inferior lingual muscle -->
inferior longitudinal muscle of tongue


An intrinsic muscle of the tongue, cylindrical in shape, occupying the underpart on either side; action, shortens the lower part of the tongue; nerve supply, motor by hypoglossal, sensory by lingual.

Synonym: musculus longitudinalis inferior, inferior lingual muscle.