A muscle of the tongue that consists of fibers which arise from the median fibrous septum and pass lateralward to be inserted into the submucous fibrous tissue at the sides of the tongue. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_muscle_of_tongue ]

Synonyms: intrinsic tongue muscle transverse component transverse lingual muscle

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Musculustransversuslinguae.png

has related synonym

transversus muscle

transversus linguae

transverse muscle

transversus linguæ

musculus transversus linguae

id

UBERON:0008583