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buccinator crest (medicine) and octopamine (iou)


buccinator crest (medicine)


buccinator crest


A ridge passing from the base of the coronoid process of the mandible to the region of the last molar tooth; it gives attachment to the mandibular part of the buccinator muscle.

Synonym: crista buccinatoria.


octopamine (iou)



octopamine noun. M20.
[from OCTOPUS (from which it was first extracted) + AMINE.]
Biochemistry. A weakly sympathomimetic amine which under the influence of monoamine oxidase inhibitors may accumulate in nerves in place of the closely related noradrenaline and cause a rise in blood pressure; 1-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-2-aminoethanol, HOC6H4CHOHCH2NH2.