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Muscle Origin Insertion Action Nerve
Styloglossus Styloid process Side & inferior aspect of tongue Retracts & elevates tongue Hypoglossal nerve
Hyoglossus Body & greater horn of hyoid bone Side & inferior aspect of tongue Depresses & retracts tongue Hypoglossal nerve
Genioglossus Genial tubercle of mandible Inferior aspect of tongue; body of hyoid bone Protrudes & depresses tongue Hypoglossal nerve
Palatoglossus Aponeurosis of soft palate Dorsolateral side of tongue Elevates tongue Vagus nerve via pharyngeal plexus

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