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Internal pterygoid
Masseter
Temporalis
AD
Geniohyoid
Mylohyoid
Geniohyoid
6. Mylohyoid (MH) same action as Geniohyoid.
Muscles that move the body of the tongue (extrinsic tongue muscles):
1. Styloglossus pulls body of tongue up and back
Styloglossus
Muscles that move the body of the tongue (extrinsic tongue muscles):
2. Genioglossus pulls body of tongue forward
Genioglossus
Muscles that move the body of the tongue (extrinsic tongue muscles):
3. Hyoglossus pulls body of tongue down
Hyoglossus
Muscles that change the shape of the tongue (intrinsic tongue muscles):
1. Superior Longitudinal (SL) curls tongue tip up
Superior Longitudinal
Muscles that change the shape of the tongue (intrinsic tongue muscles):
2. Inferior Longitudinal (IL) curls tongue tip down
Inferior
Longitudinal
Muscles that change the shape of the tongue (intrinsic tongue muscles):
3.Transverse narrows the tip of the tongue
Transverse
Muscles that change the shape of the tongue (intrinsic tongue muscles):
4. Vertical flattens the tip of the tongue
Vertical
Levator palatini
Palatoglossus
Orbicularis oris
Mentalis
DLI