Hyoglossus Muscle wins Camby man $50000 on “Millionaire”

Hyoglossus Muscle wins Camby man $50000 on quiz show Who wants to be a Millionaire. Tony Westmoreland, a Mailman from Camby walked away with $50,000 in winnings on Thursday’s episode of “Who wants to be a Millionaire. Tony used his “Phone A Friend” lifeline on the $50000 question, which was of Category, ‘Anatomy’. The question was:

Where is a person’s hyoglossus muscle?

The Hyoglossus muscle is thin and quadrilateral, arises from the side of the body and from the whole length of the greater cornu of the hyoid bone, and passes almost vertically upward to enter the side of the tongue, between the Styloglossus and Longitudinalis inferior. The hyoglossus depresses and retracts the tongue makes the dorsum more convex
The fibers arising from the body of the hyoid bone overlap those from the greater cornu.

The Hyoglossus muscle is important in singing.