Buccinator muscle refer in Roman antiquity to a crooked horn or trumpet, a shepherd's horn or a war-trumpet. Despite its similarity to the classical Latin name for cheek, i.e. bucca, the words "bucinator", "bucina", and "bucinere" (to blow the bucina) are not related to "bucca", hence some disapproved the spelling "buccinator". Although the name "bucinator" is not derived from "bucca", this muscle is also called "musculus buccae" or "musculus buccalis" in Latin and muscle of the cheek in English. The most recent official Latin anatomic nomenclature ("Terminologia Anatomica"), and preceding editions ("Nomina Anatomica") Buccinator muscle The buccinator ( ) is a thin
Pectineus muscle always present and provides the sole innervation for the pectineus muscle in over 90% of cases. The muscle is also innervated by the accessory obturator nerve in the 8.7% of cases in which the nerve occurs. It is one of the muscles primarily responsible for hip flexion. It also adducts the thigh. http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/49789/1091360303_ftp.pdf?sequence=1 Saladin, Kenneth S. Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2007. pg.493. Print. Pectineus muscle The pectineus muscle (, from the Latin word "pecten", meaning comb) is a flat, quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior (front) part of the upper and