buccinator

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.

Similar words

bucca buccula buccal cavity triangularis muscle zygomaticus major buccalization zygomaticum buccoversion zygomatic bone cheekbone

Often followed by

muscle and muscles nerve is mechanism orbicularis artery space

Word family

buccinators