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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Technical Tuesday Buccinator



Technical Tuesday Buccinator

Today I present the buccinator. This little known muscle is the major facial muscle that lies under the cheek. It is important for many reasons.

It holds the cheek to the teeth and helps with the action of chewing. Smiling and whistling are dependent on it. It is one of the first muscles a baby can control – it allows the sucking action without which the infant could not survive.

A branch of the cranial nerve serves the buccinator muscle and if this is damaged (by a stroke, etc.), speech becomes impaired and slurred.

The buccinator also helps with vocalizations, allowing the mouth to open wide, and it affects such things as tone and echo.

All in all, a very important muscle.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Anatomical Secret #:
“The buccinator is the major facial muscle under the cheek.”

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