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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“It has long been an axiom of mine
that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle
― Arthur Conan Doyle
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