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How Many Muscles Control The Tongue?

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How Many Muscles Control The Tongue? The soft patty of flesh we call the tongue is not just one muscle, it’s a conglomeration of eight separate muscles. What nerve controls tongue? The hypoglossal nerve enables tongue movement. It controls the hyoglossus, intrinsic, genioglossus and styloglossus muscles. What muscle controls the tongue? The pair of styloglossus

What Happens If The Hypoglossal Nerve Is Damaged?

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What Happens If The Hypoglossal Nerve Is Damaged? The hypoglossal nerve can be damaged at the hypoglossal nucleus (nuclear), above the hypoglossal nucleus (supranuclear), or interrupted at the motor axons (infranuclear). Such damage causes paralysis, fasciculations (as noted by a scalloped appearance of the tongue), and eventual atrophy of the tongue muscles. What causes nerve