Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of a pair of muscles that connect the jaw and tongue and that depress and protrude the tongue.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A usual name of the geniohyoglossus.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun anatomy A muscle that runs from the mandible to the tongue

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin genioglōssus : Greek geneion, chin; see genial + Greek glōssa, tongue.]

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Examples

  • Exogenous serotonin at the hypoglossal motor nucleus (HMN) stimulates genioglossus (GG) muscle activity.

    Vytorin: Dis-Enhance-d | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • The system, developed by the U.S. -based company Apnex, targets the hypoglossal nerve which controls the genioglossus muscle in the tongue.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • 'A new review of the potential for this therapy has been favourable showing there is a potential role for stimulation of the genioglossus muscle, but it is still early days, and we need to wait for the result of further trials to see just how effective this treatment may be, 'says Professor Jim Horne, head of the sleep laboratory at Loughborough University.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Thus, it was hypothesized that systemically administered morphine depresses genioglossus muscle activity

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010

  • This development change is consistent with the observation in adult rat that mAChR activation suppresses inspiratory-related activity of the genioglossus muscle The high - (CX614) and low-impact (CX717) AMPAKINES both alleviated the DAMGO-induced depression of XII MN activity and inspiratory synaptic drive in a dose-dependent manner.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010

  • In the adult cat none of the extremely few μ-opioid-receptor containing nerve processes found in the XII nucleus appear to make contact with genioglossus MNs

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010

  • Liu H, Horner RL (2005) Opposing muscarinic and nicotinic modulation of hypoglossal motor output to genioglossus muscle in rats in vivo.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda R. Lorier et al. 2010

  • The Apnex HGNS System is intended to work by restoring neuromuscular activity to the genioglossus muscle by stimulating the hypoglossal nerve synchronous with inspiration to mitigate upper airway collapse during sleep.

    Medgadget 2009

  • 3. Seratonin keeps the genioglossus tongue muscles from relaxing and obstructing the airway during sleep.

    Vytorin: Dis-Enhance-d | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

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