Assertion: tongue's muscle | /r/CapableOf | alter the shape of the tongue
Facets:
value: by lengthening and shortening it
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The four intrinsic muscles alter the shape of the tongue and are not attached to bone.
text: These muscles alter the shape of the tongue by lengthening and shortening it, curling and uncurling its apex and edges as in tongue rolling, and flattening and rounding its surface.
text: The extrinsic muscles with only terminal fibers inside it, reposition the tongue, while the intrinsic muscles make up most of the mass of the tongue, and alter the shape of the tongue for talking and swallowing.
text: These muscles alter the shape of the tongue by: lengthening and shortening it, curling and uncurling its apex and edges, and flattening and