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Definition of Buccinator

1. n. A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

Definition of Buccinator

1. Noun. a thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek. ¹

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Definition of Buccinator

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Medical Definition of Buccinator

1. Origin, posterior portion of alveolar portion of maxilla and mandible and pterygomandibular raphe; insertion, orbicularis oris at angle of mouth; action, flattens cheek, retracts angle of mouth; nerve supply, facial. Plays an important role in mastication, working with tongue to keep food between teeth; when it is paralysed, food accumulates in the oral vestibule. A muscle of the cheek; so called from its use in blowing wind instruments. Origin: L, a trumpeter, fr. Bucinare to sound the trumpet. Synonym: musculus buccinator, cheek muscle. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Buccinator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The buccinator (Fig. 282) is a broad, thin muscle, quadrilateral in form, which occupies the interval between the jaws at the side of the face. ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The anterior branch is frequently given off from the buccinator nerve, and then turns upward over the upper head of the Pterygoideus externus. ..."

3. The Anatomist's Vade Mecum: A System of Human Anatomy by Erasmus Wilson (1840)
"This ligament is the raphe of union between the buccinator and superior ... The buccinator is pierced opposite the second molar tooth of the upper jaw for ..."

4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"—Arrangement ot the Fibres ot the buccinator Muscle at the Angles of the ... The buccinator muscle must be cleaned with care, because branches from the ..."

5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Trumpeter Swan (Olor buccinator) in Western Minnestoa. A Correction.— I recorded the capture of a beautiful adult male of this species (see ' Auk," Vol. ..."

6. Text-book of operative surgery by Theodor Kocher (1903)
"The buccinator Nerve is the sensory nerve for the region of the angle of the mouth. It lies to the inner side of the coronoid process of the lower jaw, ..."

7. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The anterior branch is frequently given off from the buccinator nerve, and then turns upward over the upper head of the Pterygoideus externus. ..."

8. The Dissector, or, Practical and surgical anatomy by Erasmus Wilson (1851)
"The buccinator (buccina, a trumpet), the trumpeter's muscle, arises from the ... This ligament is the raphe of union between the buccinator and superior ..."

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