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What is a buccinator?

What is a buccinator? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
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To this part of the buccinator some authors give the name of molar muscle.
Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.
In the ox, it is more intimately united with the buccinator.
Other episodes have been attributed to anatomic abnormalities, including a patulous Stensen's duct masseter muscle hypertrophy and buccinator muscle weakness.
The gland may extend to the mandibular ramus to cover the buccinator muscle.

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