There is evidence to suggest that different regions of the muscle may have different contraction patterns.

During the pharyngeal swallow, timing activity for most of the oropharyngeal muscles is highly stereotyped irrespective of cerebral function or rhythmic oral behavior with the exception of the geniohyoid (GH) muscle.

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... muscles did not reach the hyoid bone but inserted into the middle of the geniohyoid musculature via a fibrous “pseudohyoid” structure. Bender-Heine and Zdilla (2018) report a case in which anterior and posterior bellies of mylohyoid ...

... geniohyoid is to protract the hyoid bone (draw the hyoid bone anteriorly). 2. Some sources state that the geniohyoid can retract the mandible at the TMJs. Given that the ... Muscles of the Axial Body. Geniohyoid. (of. Hyoid. Group)—cont'd.