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superior longitudinal muscle of tongue
- Term ID
- UBERON:0008582
- Synonyms
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- longitudinalis linguae superior
- longitudinalis linguæ superior
- musculus longitudinalis superior linguae
- superior lingualis
- superior longitudinal muscle
- Definition
- A muscle of the tongue that consists of a thin stratum of oblique and longitudinal fibers immediately underlying the mucous membrane on the dorsum of the tongue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_longitudinal_muscle_of_tongue
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