IV.E.2 Neck: Oropharynx

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	Step 6: Add the genioglossus muscle.
	Step 7: Add the hyoglossus muscle.
	Step 8: Add the styloglossus muscle.
	Step 9: Add the transverse muscles of the tongue.
	Step 10: Add the root of the tongue.
	Step 11: Add the body of the tongue.

	Besides taste, temperature sensation and making funny faces at your friends, what is the function of the tongue?
Moves food around in the oral cavity and along with mastication prepares a bolus of food to be swallowed.
	What nerve innervates the muscular control of the tongue?
Hypoglossal CN XII.