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Definition of Buccal cavity

1. Noun. The cavity between the jaws and the cheeks.

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)

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Literary usage of Buccal cavity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"54'J number of organs, which were seen in the primitive arrangement, are assigned to the buccal cavity, while other organs appear only as later developments ..."

2. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1870)
"buccal cavity.—Erythema of the buccal cavity is usually confined to the neighborhood of the fauces. It may readily be confounded with the effects of an ..."

3. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"Many of them are sarcomatous, but microscopic examination is necessary to distinguish these from fibroma, granuloma, and angioma. XII. THE buccal cavity. 1. ..."

4. Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff (1907)
"Part played by microbial products in the protection of the buccal cavity.—Antitoxic function of the saliva. Antiseptic action of the gastric juice. ..."

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