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buccinator muscle

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001582


The buccinator is a muscle that is attached to the mandible, skin, pterygomandibular raphe and maxilla, and is innervated by Cranial Nerve VII and participates in oropharyngeal behavior. [ FEED:cw http://www.feedexp.org/ FEED:rd MFMO:0000002 ]

Synonyms: buccinator, musculus buccinator

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uberon_slim

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Buccinator.jpg

editor note

logical definition provided by FEED

has related synonym

musculus buccinator, buccinatorius

has narrow synonym

trumpeters muscle

id

UBERON:0001582

prefLabel

Buccinator