buccinator

buccinator
See b. (muscle).

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buc·ci·na·tor 'bək-sə-.nāt-ər n a thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek and serving to compress the cheek against the teeth and to retract the angle of the mouth called also buccinator muscle

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n.
a muscle of the cheek that has its origin in the maxilla and mandible (jaw bones). It is responsible for compressing the cheek and is important in mastication.

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buc·ci·na·tor (bukґsĭ-na″tər) [L. “trumpeter”] see under musculus.

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  • Buccinātor — (lat.), 1) Hornbläser, s.u. Buccina 2); 2) (Musculus buccinator, Bucco, Tromptenmuskel), der die Wandung der Backen (s.d.) bildende und beim Blasen sich vorwölbende Backenmuskel; daher Buccinatorius, zu den Backen gehörig; so: Buccinatoria… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Buccinator — Buc ci*na tor, n. [L., a trumpeter, fr. bucinare to sound the trumpet.] (Anat.) A muscle of the cheek; so called from its use in blowing wind instruments. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • buccinator — [buk′sə nāt΄ər] n. [L, trumpeter < pp. of buccinare, to blow a trumpet < buccina, a trumpet < * boucana < bos, ox, COW1 + canere, to sing: see CHANT] the flat muscle of the cheek, which compresses it and retracts the corners of the… …   English World dictionary

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  • BUCCINATOR Nominum — dictus est apud Romanos olim, servus publicus, qui praeconem comitabatur. Eius mentio Romae viâ Salariâ: L. VOLUSIO. URBANO. NOMENCLATORI. PRAETORI. PAPIAS. SERVOS. PUBLICUS. BUCCINATOR. NOMINUM. Vide Laur. Pignorium Comm. de Servis, et infra,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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