Superior longitudinal muscle

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Superior longitudinal muscle
Coronal section of tongue, showing intrinsic muscles.
Gray's subject #242
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Nerve: Hypoglossal nerve
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The Longitudinalis linguæ superior (Superior lingualis) is a thin stratum of oblique and longitudinal fibers immediately underlying the mucous membrane on the dorsum of the tongue.

It arises from the submucous fibrous layer close to the epiglottis and from the median fibrous septum, and runs forward to the edges of the tongue.

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Muscles of the HeadNeckTrunkUpper limbLower limbLIST OF ALL MUSCLES

scalp/eyelid: occipitofrontalis (occipitalis, frontalis) - orbicularis oculi - corrugator supercilii - depressor supercilii | (Gray's s105 - Gray's s106)

nose: procerus - nasalis - depressor septi nasi - dilatator naris posterior - dilatator naris anterior - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi | (Gray's s107)

mouth: levator labii superioris - levator anguli oris - zygomaticus (major, minor) - mentalis - depressor labii inferioris - depressor anguli oris - buccinator - orbicularis oris - risorius | (Gray's s108)

mastication: masseter - temporalis - pterygoid (lateral, medial) | (Gray's s109)

extraocular: levator palpebrae superioris - superior tarsal - rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) - oblique (superior, inferior) | intraocular: ciliary - iris dilator - iris sphincter | (Gray's s227)

hearing: auricularis anterior - stapedius - tensor tympani | (Gray's s228-Gray's s232)

larynx: cricothyroid - posterior cricoarytenoid - lateral cricoarytenoid - arytenoid - thyroarytenoid | (Gray's s236)

tongue: extrinsic (genioglossus - hyoglossus - chondroglossus - styloglossus) intrinsic (superior longitudinal - inferior longitudinal - transversus - verticalis) | (Gray's s242)

palate: levator veli palatini - tensor veli palatini - musculus uvulae - palatoglossus - palatopharyngeus | (Gray's s243)

pharynx: pharyngeal constrictor (inferior, middle, superior) - stylopharyngeus - salpingopharyngeus | (Gray's s244)

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