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hyoglossus muscle

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A muscle that attaches to the hyopid bone and to the tongue and is innervated by cranial nerve XII [ ]

Term info

Label

hyoglossus muscle

Synonyms
  • hyoglossus
  • m. hyoglossus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

axiom lost from external ontology

relationship loss: subclass hyobranchial muscles (AAO:0000224)[AAO]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Hyoglossus.png

external definition

Makes up part of the tongue in frogs and salamanders.[AAO], The hyoglossus is a muscle that attaches to the hyoid and tongue and is innervated by Cranial Nerve XII.[FEED]

id

UBERON:0001572