- cheek muscle
- nouna muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth• Syn: ↑buccinator muscle, ↑musculus buccinator• Hypernyms: ↑facial muscle• Part Holonyms: ↑cheek
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cheek muscle
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Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
buccinator muscle — noun a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth • Syn: ↑cheek muscle, ↑musculus buccinator • Hypernyms: ↑facial muscle • Part Holonyms: ↑cheek … Useful english dictionary
facial muscle — noun any of the skeletal muscles of the face • Hypernyms: ↑skeletal muscle, ↑striated muscle • Hyponyms: ↑cheek muscle, ↑buccinator muscle, ↑musculus buccinator, ↑masseter, ↑platysma … Useful english dictionary
Buccinator muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Buccinator muscle Latin = musculus buccinator GraySubject = 108 GrayPage = 384 Caption = Buccinator outlined in red. Caption2 = Origin = from the alveolar processes of the maxillary bone and mandible, pterygomandibular raphe … Wikipedia
Orbicularis oculi muscle — Latin musculus orbicularis oculi Gray s subject #106 380 … Wikipedia
Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle — Muscles of the pharynx and cheek … Wikipedia
Stylopharyngeus muscle — Muscles of the pharynx and cheek. (Stylopharyngeus visible at center left.) Latin musculus stylopharyngeus … Wikipedia
Middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle — Muscles of the pharynx and cheek. (Constrictor pharyngis medius labeled at center left.) … Wikipedia
Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle — Muscles of the pharynx and cheek. (Constrictor pharyngis inferior visible at bottom left.) … Wikipedia
gluteal muscle — noun any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh • Syn: ↑gluteus, ↑gluteus muscle, ↑glute • Derivationally related forms: ↑gluteal (for: ↑gluteus) … Useful english dictionary
