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Cheek(medicine)
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cheek muscle(medicine)
cheek tooth(medicine)
cheek bone(medicine)

cheek muscle (medicine) and Bill (law)


cheek muscle (medicine)


cheek muscle -->
buccinator
<anatomy, muscle> 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.


Bill (law)


the text of a proposed new law as it is discussed by Parliament.