Question

When your physician asks you to open your mouth, stick out your tongue and say "ahh", what muscles are you contracting?

Answer 1

Lateral pterygoid, extrinsic tongue muscles, and digastric are the muscles that would be contracting.

Explanation:

• Lateral pterygoid:
  
  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/409757266071920616/

• Extrinsic tongue muscles
  
  https://www.quizover.com/anatomy/section/muscles-that-move-the-tongue-by-openstax

• Diagastric
  
  https://edwardsvoice.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/mix-it-up-monday-relaxing-the-digastric-and-mylohyoid-muscles/

Hope it helps...