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    (cranial nerve XII). The genioglossus is the major muscle responsible for protruding (or sticking out) the tongue. Genioglossus is the fan-shaped extrinsic...
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  • surgeries. Tongue muscles (genioglossus, geniohyoid and others) are attached to the lower jaw below the teeth. During a genioglossus advancement procedure...
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    to the stylohyoid muscles and lingual nerve. It continues deep to the genioglossus muscle and continues forward to the tip of the tongue. It distributes...
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  • surgeries. Tongue muscles (genioglossus, geniohyoid and others) are attached to the lower jaw below the teeth. During a genioglossus advancement procedure...
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  • dysphagia, and surgical site infection. In genioglossus advancement and hyoid myotomy (GAHM), a genioglossus advancement is performed at the same time...
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    attachment to the hyothyroid membrane and some aponeurotic fibers of the genioglossus. Below, the body affords insertion medially to the sternohyoid and laterally...
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    the mylohyoid, hyoglossus, and genioglossus muscles. It then passes between the sublingual gland and the genioglossus and opens by a narrow opening on...
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    inferior, and above the mucous membrane. It lies on the lateral side of the genioglossus, the main large extrinsic tongue muscle, accompanied by the lingual nerve...
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    pediatrics) Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty Transoral midline glossectomy Genioglossus advancement Other Hyoid suspension Maxillomandibular advancement Hypoglossal...
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  • Thumbnail for Ankyloglossia
    tongue, but is often dependent on the range of movement permitted by the genioglossus muscles. For infants, passively elevating the tongue tip with a tongue...
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    extrinsic muscles originate from bone and extend to the tongue. They are the genioglossus, the hyoglossus (often including the chondroglossus) the styloglossus...
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    the mental spine (which can be faint or fused into one), to which the genioglossus (the inferior muscle of the tongue) attaches; the geniohyoid muscle attaches...
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  • Thumbnail for Maxillomandibular advancement
    surgery is often performed simultaneously with genioglossus advancement (tongue advancement). The genioglossus advancement pulls the tongue forward in a manner...
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    Geniohyoid elevates the larynx. (C1) Hyoglossus elevates the larynx. (CN XII) Genioglossus elevates the larynx. (CN XII) The larynx is innervated by branches of...
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  • nerveā€”V3), genioglossus, styloglossus and hyoglossus (the rest XII)) such that the tongue slopes downwards posteriorly. The contraction of the genioglossus and...
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    called the "menton". It serves as the origin for the geniohyoid and the genioglossus muscles. Solitary mammalian carnivores that rely on a powerful canine...
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    facial nuclei (which innervates facial muscles below the eyes) and the genioglossus muscle, which are innervated only unilaterally by the contralateral cortex...
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  • Thumbnail for Inferior longitudinal muscle of tongue
    tongue. It is situated on the under surface of the tongue between the genioglossus and hyoglossus.[citation needed] It is innervated by the hypoglossal...
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    suprahyoid muscles, and the superior mental spines are the origin of the genioglossus muscle, one of the muscles of the tongue. Mental spines are important...
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    the tongue (geniohyoid and genioglossus muscles) posteriorly medially, the intrinsic muscles of the tongue and genioglossus separate the two halves of...
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  • involves two phases, the first of which involves UPPP and one or more of Genioglossus Advancement or Hyoid Suspension. The Second Phase of the operation involves...
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    successively addresses these multiple sites of obstruction. Note that genioglossus advancement can be performed either during Phase 1 or Phase 2 surgeries...
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    closes jaw, helps lateral pterygoid in moving jaw from side to side 2 1 genioglossus, inferior fibers head, tongue (left/right) superior part of mental spine...
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  • hypopneas can occur. Patients with intact nerves are able to dilate the genioglossus muscle, a key compensatory mechanism utilized in the presence of airway...
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    tongue base, either with laser excision or radiofrequency ablation. Genioglossus advancement, in which a small portion of the lower jaw that attaches...
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  • geniculate ganglion geniculate nucleus geniculocalcarine tract geniculum genioglossus muscle geniohyoid muscle genitalia genu of corpus callosum genu of the...
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    1980s, when other procedures such as the uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, genioglossus advancement, and maxillomandibular advancement surgeries were described...
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    with the intrinsic muscles of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus. The chondroglossus muscle is sometimes described as a part of the hyoglossus...
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    the contraction of upper airway muscles during inhalation, such as the genioglossus (tongue) and the hyoid muscles. In addition to rhythmic innervation from...
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    glands Teeth Incisor Canine Premolar Molar Tongue Muscles of tongue Genioglossus Hyoglossus Styloglossus Superior longitudinal muscle Inferior longitudinal...
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