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
Term information
- NCIT:C52706
- EMAPA:18281
- FMA:46695
- Wikipedia:Transverse_muscle_of_tongue
- UMLS:C1708561 (ncithesaurus:Intrinsic_Tongue_Muscle_Transverse_Component)
- MA:0002328
- SCTID:244792003
transversus muscle
transversus linguae
transverse muscle
transversus linguæ
musculus transversus linguae
Term relations
- intrinsic muscle of tongue
- has muscle insertion some tongue
- has muscle origin some lingual septum
- innervated_by some hypoglossal nerve