Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A slender muscle arising from the styloid process and inserted into the side of the tongue.
Examples
“There are three muscles in the tongue, styloglossus, hyglossus and geneoglossus.”
“Lingual attachment of styloglossus muscle, with part of the gustatory nerve seen above it.”
“-- Superior laryngeal nerve, styloglossus muscle, styto-pharyngeus and glosso-pharengeal nerves, and paroted gland.”
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Style
A family of terms containing the string *styl that suggest a sense of something columnar or pointed.
Words containing styl- denoting a mode of expression or fashion are excluded from t...peristylar, orthostyle, stylus, styloglossal, stylate, stylomandibular, stylion, styliferous, styloglossus, stylomaxillary, stylopharyngeus, styletiform and 32 more...
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Musculature
These are muscles whose names I find amusing or strange.
tensor fasciae latae, risorius, masseter, buccinator, styloglossus, sternocleidomastoid, latissimus dorsi, gastrocnemius, salpingopharyngeus, omohyoid, multifidus, diaphragm and 14 more...
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