Buccinator muscle
Musculus buccinator
Presses the cheek against the teeth and returns food to the grinding surfaces.
About the buccinator muscle of the dog
Buccinator muscle is a muscle of the head (head), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus buccinator. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the dog, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- Alveolar borders of the maxilla and the mandible.
- Insertion
- Angle of the mouth, blending with the orbicularis oris.
- Action
- Presses the cheek against the teeth and returns food to the grinding surfaces.
- Nerve
- Buccal branches of the facial nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
What it works on
Bones it takes hold of
- Maxilla
- Mandible
- Upper premolars
- Lower premolars
- Upper molars
Muscles and ligaments it works with
Terminology
- English
- Buccinator muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus buccinator
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
References
Where to read this structure in full, and where the named parts above were read.
- NAV 2017Myologia
- Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, 5th ed.The Muscular System: muscles of the head
- Dyce, Sack & WensingThe head and ventral neck of the dog and cat
- Miller 2020 (book pass)ch. 6 The Muscular System, PDF p. 466
The buccinator muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the buccinator muscle
- What is the Latin name of the buccinator muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the buccinator muscle is called Musculus buccinator.
- Where is the buccinator muscle of the dog?
- Buccinator muscle is a muscle of the head (head), on the left side.
- Which bones does the buccinator muscle attach to?
- Buccinator muscle takes hold of Maxilla, Mandible, Upper premolars, Lower premolars and Upper molars.
- Where does the buccinator muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: Alveolar borders of the maxilla and the mandible. Insertion: Angle of the mouth, blending with the orbicularis oris.
- What nerve supplies the buccinator muscle?
- Buccal branches of the facial nerve.
- What does the buccinator muscle do?
- Presses the cheek against the teeth and returns food to the grinding surfaces.
See the buccinator muscle inside the whole dog.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the dog around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
