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.

Translations

cheek muscle

• Inuktitut: ᐅᓗᐊᑉ ᓄᑭᖓ (uluap nukinga)