The styloglossus is a small and short muscle. One is located on each side of the |tongue|. The muscles link the sides of the |tongue| to the base of the |skull| via the bony |styloid process|, extending downward from the |temporal bones|. |Contraction| of these two muscles pulls the |tongue| back and up. The genioglossus, the styloglossus, the palatoglossus and the |hyoglossus| work together to move the |tongue|.
