intrinsic muscle of tongue transverse muscle of tongue http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Musculustransversuslinguae.png EMAPA:18281 SCTID:244792003 UBERON:0008583 transversus linguæ NCIT:C52706 FMA:46695 transverse muscle MA:0002328 Wikipedia:Transverse_muscle_of_tongue intrinsic tongue muscle transverse component transversus muscle A muscle of the tongue that consists of fibers which arise from the median fibrous septum and pass lateralward to be inserted into the submucous fibrous tissue at the sides of the tongue. UMLS:C1708561 transversus linguae musculus transversus linguae transverse lingual muscle