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What is the shortest muscle in the human body?In: Science, Human Anatomy |
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stapedius
SOURCE: Grays anatomy,
The Styloglossus, the shortest and smallest of the three styloid muscles, arises from the anterior and lateral surfaces of the styloid process, near its apex, and from the stylomandibular ligament. Passing downward and forward between the internal and external carotid arteries, it divides upon the side of the tongue near its dorsal surface, blending with the fibers of the Longitudinalis inferior in front of the Hyoglossus; the other, oblique, overlaps the Hyoglossus and decussates with its fibers.
In English, it is one of the muscles that make up the dorsal surface human tongue. Ironically the tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body and is made up of the smallest muscles.
Another answer, if you include muscles other than skeletal muscles would be the muscles of the middle ear; the tensor tympani, and stapedius. They are much smaller than the styloglossus.
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