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Buccinator

Type
Muscle
Japanese
頬筋
Reading
きょうきん
English
Buccinator
Latin
Musculus buccinator
Main functions
Mastication / Facial expression

Connections

Origin

  • Maxilla
  • Mandible
  • Pterygomandibular raphe

Insertion

  • Orbicularis oris

Nerve supply

  • Facial nerve

Part of

  • Muscles of facial expression

Passage for

  • Parotid duct(Stensen 管)

Connected by

  • Pterygomandibular raphe

Articles

  • Buccinator and corrugator supercilii: location, function and names

Also mentioned in

  • Deep and superficial masseter: origin, insertion and fiber direction
  • Pterygomandibular raphe: position, role and landmarks
  • Parotid gland: position, parotid duct, relation to the facial nerve and serous saliva
  • Depressor and levator anguli oris: position, attachments and nerves
  • What is the orbicularis oris? Structure, function and nerve of the muscle that closes the mouth, explained in 3D
  • Zygomaticus major and minor: location, action and nerve supply
  • Parotid duct: course, opening and related structures in 3D

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