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Definition of Buccal artery

1. Noun. A branch of the maxillary artery that supplies blood to the buccinator muscle and the cheek.

Medical Definition of Buccal artery

1. Origin, maxillary; distribution, buccinator muscle, skin, and mucous membrane of cheek; anastomoses, buccal branch of facial. Synonym: arteria buccalis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buccal Artery

Literary usage of Buccal artery

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

1. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"buccal; vide for compds. also Wangen- Backen-anschwellung, /. swelling of the check, swollen face Backen-arterie, /. buccal artery Bachen-bart, ..."

2. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"... 22, buccal artery ; 23, Superior dental artery ; 24, Orbital branch of the latter ; 25, Palatine artery ; 26, Nasal artery ..."

3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"... artery Small meningeal artery buccal artery Posterior dental artery Anterior superior dental arteries Tympanic branch of int. carotid Anterior choroidal ..."

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