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In assessing a stroke patient, you ask her to stick out (protract) her tongue. you note that it deviates to one side. you suspect that damage to the neural control of the ________ muscle has occurred.
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In assessing a stroke patient, you ask her to stick out (protract) her tongue. you note that it deviates to one side. you suspect that damage to the neural control of the ________ muscle has occurred.

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The correct answer is that damage to the neural control of the genioglossus muscle has occurred. The genioglossus is one of the paired extrinsic muscles of the tongue.
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