Term Name:	transverse muscle of tongue
Synonyms:	intrinsic tongue muscle transverse component, musculus transversus linguae, transverse muscle, transversus linguae, transversus linguĉ, transversus muscle
Definition:	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.
Ontology:	Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0008583]