The palatoglossus muscle plays a key role in speaking, swallowing, and keeping food from entering the nasal cavity. When this muscle malfunctions, it can lead ...

Styloglossus muscle contracture is a condition in which the styloglossus—a paired extrinsic tongue muscle—undergoes permanent shortening and fibrotic changes. ...

Styloglossus muscle dystrophy is a rare condition characterized by progressive weakening, wasting, or abnormal development of the styloglossus muscle—one of ...

Styloglossus muscle dystonia is a rare form of focal dystonia in which the styloglossus—a muscle that helps retract and elevate the tongue—contracts ...

Styloglossus muscle strain is an injury to one of the key muscles that help move the tongue. When this thin, strap‑like muscle becomes overstretched or ...

A styloglossus muscle tear is a type of muscle injury affecting one of the four extrinsic muscles of the tongue. This tear involves disruption of muscle fibers ...

A styloglossus muscle contusion is a bruise of the extrinsic tongue muscle that originates from the styloid process of the temporal bone. Though rare compared ...

A styloglossus muscle injury refers to any damage or dysfunction affecting the styloglossus, one of the tongue’s extrinsic muscles responsible for elevating ...

Styloglossus muscle atrophy is the loss or thinning of the styloglossus, one of the extrinsic tongue muscles. In this condition, the muscle’s fibers shrink in ...

Styloglossus muscle hypertrophy is an abnormal enlargement (overgrowth) of the styloglossus muscle, one of the tongue’s extrinsic muscles. Normally, ...

Styloglossus muscle fibrosis is a condition where the styloglossus muscle—a tongue muscle—develops excess fibrous (scar) tissue. This buildup of collagen makes ...

Styloglossus muscle infection refers to inflammation and microbial invasion of the styloglossus—a thin, paired muscle that retracts and elevates the tongue. ...

A styloglossus muscle cyst is a fluid‑filled sac or pathological cavity that forms within or adjacent to the styloglossus, one of the extrinsic muscles of the ...

Tumors of the styloglossus muscle—one of the four extrinsic muscles of the tongue—are rare growths that arise within the muscle fibers that retract and elevate ...

Styloglossus muscle pain refers to discomfort originating in the styloglossus—a slender extrinsic tongue muscle responsible for elevating and retracting the ...

Styloglossus muscle cancer is a rare form of malignant soft tissue tumor that arises from or invades the styloglossus muscle, one of the extrinsic muscles of ...