Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
ge·nio·glos·sus Pronunciation:
-'gläs-&s, -'glos- Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural ge·nio·glos·si /-"I/ : a fan-shaped muscle that arises from the superior mental spine, inserts on the hyoid bone and into the tongue, and serves toadvance and retract and also to depress the tongue
