intrinsic muscles of the tongue

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intrinsic muscles of the tongue,

the superior longitudinal, inferior longitudinal, transverse, and vertical muscles, which alter the shape of the tongue by lengthening and shortening it, curling and uncurling its apex and edges, and flattening and rounding its surface.

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