Not a muscle of the tongue
Correct Answer: Sternohyoid
Description: Intrinsic muscles of the tongue:
Muscles found entirely within the tongue
Longitudinal, transverse, and vertical muscles
Function - change the shape of the tongue.
Extrinsic muscles of the tongue:
Genioglossus, Styloglossus, and hyoglossus, Palatoglosus.
All insert into the tongue, originate from surrounding structures
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