When we think about the tongue, we usually think about speaking, eating and swallowing. But the tongue does not function alone. It works as part of an interconnected system involving the jaw, hyoid, muscles of the face and neck, breathing, swallowing and postural control. This is where the fascinating idea of the “tongue-to-toe connection” comes from. The tongue, jaw and hyoid The tongue has close anatomical relationships with the jaw, floor of the mouth and hyoid bone. The h