Medical Definition of Buccinator nerve

1. A sensory branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve; it passes downward emerging from beneath the ramus of the mandible to run forward on the buccinator muscle, piercing (but not supplying) it to supply the buccal mucous membrane and skin of the cheek near the angle of the mouth. Synonym: nervus buccalis, buccinator nerve, long buccal nerve. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buccinator Nerve

buccal tube
buccal vestibule
buccaneer
buccaneer
buccaneered
buccaneering
buccaneerish
buccaneers
buccina
buccinas
buccinator
buccinator
buccinators
buccinator crest
buccinator muscle
buccinator nerve (current term)
Buccinidae
buccinoid
buccinum
bucco-
bucco-occlusal angle
buccoaxial
buccoaxiocervical
buccoaxiogingival
buccocervical
buccocervical ridge
buccoclusal
buccodistal
buccogingival
buccogingival ridge

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