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The dissections on this and the opposing page are
deep dissections of the head and neck that expose
many of the muscles of the palate, pharynx, and
Head Muscles
tongue. The palatal and pharyngeal muscles, along with the muscles of the larynx, are the deep-
est of the head muscles. These groups arise from the third, fourth, and sixth arches and form the
muscular walls to the upper regions of the embryonic gut tube. All of the “true” tongue muscles
(the palatoglossus is included by many with the tongue muscles, but it is a muscle of the palate
from fourth arch origin) arise from the occipital somites and are innervated by the cranial nerve
XII, the hypoglossal nerve. The hypoglossal nerve is the lowest of the ventral motor nerves aris-
ing from the brainstem and is developmentally paired with the occipital somites.
First arch muscles
Second arch muscles
Somitic muscles
of head
Third arch muscles
Fourth arch muscles
Head muscles, palatal and pharyngeal muscles exposed
Lateral view, mandibular ramus removed
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