8/19/07

Buccinator, the muscle of the cheek; derived from buccina, Latin for trumpet, which in turn comes from bucca, cheek. Contraction of the muscle generates pressure when playing trumpets and other such instruments, though the muscle is not required to do so as the technique of the great jazz trumpeter Dizzie Gillepsie attests.

More commonly, the muscle helps to keep food between the teeth.



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