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Definition of Buccal cavity
1. Noun. The cavity between the jaws and the cheeks.
Generic synonyms: Bodily Cavity, Cavity, Cavum
Definition of Buccal cavity
1. Noun. (context: of an animal) The oral cavity, bound by the cheeks of the face, the palate, and the flesh of the mandible, opening onto the mouth and the fauces, and containing the teeth, tongue, gums, and other structures. ¹
2. Noun. (context: of an insect) The first part of the stomodaeum, lying just within the mouth; its dilator muscles arising on the clypeus, and inserted before the frontal ganglion and its connectives. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Buccal cavity
1. That part of the mouth bounded anteriorly and laterally by the lips and the cheeks, posteriorly and medially by the teeth and/or gums, and above and below by the reflections of the mucosa from the lips and cheeks to the gums. Synonym: vestibulum oris, buccal cavity, vestibule of mouth. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buccal Cavity
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