buccinator

English

Etymology

Latin, alternative form of bucinator (“trumpeter”)

Noun

buccinator (plural buccinators)

  1. A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
    Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.

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