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Tempromandibular Joint
Nedra O'Kon
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What muscle used to whistle?
buccinator muscle
What facial muscle is commonly called the trumpeter muscle?
The Buccinator muscles. (The cheeks)
What muscles make up the cheek?
The main component of the cheecks is the buccinator muscle.
What muscle compress the wall of the check?
The buccinator muscle.
What is the pucker up muscle?
buccinator
What facial muscle is grimacing?
THe buccinator
What muscle moves the cheeks?
Buccinator
What muscle puckers the lips?
buccinator
Is the buccinator muscle superior or inferior to the frontalis muscle?
inferior
What makes up the muscle?
The main component of the cheecks is the buccinator muscle.
Which principal Muscle is used in compression of cheek?
The muscle that resides in the cheek is names the buccinator and is innervated by the facial nerve. It is primarily a muscle of facial expression. Its function in mastication (chewing) is to push the food, with the aid of the tongue, to the opposite side of the mouth. It is, however, only able to form part of the inward movement of the cheeks; the rest is caused by negative pressure (semi-vacuum) being created by the action of the inferior tongue muscles pulling the tongue down and back.
What muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle?
antagonist muscle
