Tongue Muscles

The 9 muscles of the tongue can be classified into the following two categories:

Extrinsic Muscles

  1. Genioglossus
  2. Hyoglossus
  3. Chondroglossus
  4. Styloglossus
  5. Palatoglossus

Intrinsic Muscles

  1. Superior longitudinal
  2. Transversus
  3. Inferior longitudinal
  4. Verticalis