genioglossus muscle in dogs
Either of a pair of lingual muscles with origin in the mandible, with insertion to the lingual fascia below the mucous membrane and epiglottis, with nerve supply from the hypoglossal nerve, and whose action depresses and protrudes the tongue. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the genioglossus muscle is
Either of a pair of lingual muscles with origin in the mandible, with insertion to the lingual fascia below the mucous membrane and epiglottis, with nerve supply from the hypoglossal nerve, and whose action depresses and protrudes the tongue. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the genioglossus muscle is
It sits within the muscular and digestive systems. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.
What the genioglossus muscle connects to
The atlas records 4 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. a kind of anatomical structure and extrinsic muscle of tongue.
Supply and innervation
Innervation: hypoglossal nerve.
Also called
Also recorded as genioglossus, m. genioglossus and musculus genioglossus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001571, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- A kind of: anatomical structure and extrinsic muscle of tongue.
- Innervated by: hypoglossal nerve.
- originates from: mandibular symphysis.
Questions
Where is the genioglossus muscle?
It sits within the muscular and digestive systems. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.
What does the genioglossus muscle connect to?
A kind of: anatomical structure and extrinsic muscle of tongue.
Is the genioglossus muscle the same in other species?
This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.