Information about Buccinator
Buccinator can refer to:
- buccinator muscle
- buccinator artery ("buccal" in modern sources)
- buccinator nerve ("buccal" in modern sources)
The buccinator is a thin quadrilateral muscle, occupying the interval between the maxilla and the mandible at the side of the face.
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Action
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The buccal artery (buccinator artery) is small and runs obliquely forward, between the Pterygoideus internus and the insertion of the Temporalis, to the outer surface of the Buccinator, to which it is distributed, anastomosing with branches of the external maxillary and
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The buccal nerve is a nerve in the face. It is a branch of the mandibular nerve (which is itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve) and transmits sensory information from skin over the buccal membrane (in general, the cheek) and from the second and third molar teeth.
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