Buccinator
Compress cheeks against teeth (blowing), mastication. Located in the head.
- Actions
- compress cheeks against teeth (blowing), mastication
- Origin
- alveolar processes of maxilla and mandible, pterygomandibular raphe
- Insertion
- fibres of orbicularis oris
- Innervation
- facial nerve [CNVII], buccal branch
- Blood supply
- buccal artery