| Namespace | MPheno.ontology | Obsolete | false |
| description | any structural anomaly of any of the four paired muscles that originate outside of and insert into the tongue and act to alter the position of the tongue, allowing for protrusion, retraction, and side-to-side movement; these muscles include the genioglossus, the hyoglossus (often including the chondroglossus), the styloglossus, and the palatoglossus |
