Buccinator muscle the cheek area, which aids in holding the cheek to the teeth during chewing. This action causes the muscle to keep food pushed back on the occlusal surface of the posterior teeth, as when a person chews. By keeping the food in the correct position when chewing, the buccinator assists the muscles of mastication. It aids whistling and smiling, and in neonates it is used to suckle. In the past the buccinator muscle was also written as bucinator muscle. A "bucinator" in classical Latin is a trumpeter, or more precisely, the person who blows the "bucina". The name "bucina" could
Basic Human Anatomy Basic Human Anatomy "Basic Human Anatomy" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the NBC sitcom "Community", which originally aired on April 25, 2013. In this episode, Troy and Abed switch bodies - an homage to "Freaky Friday" - while the valedictorian race between Annie and Shirley sees the pair team up to take down Leonard who is currently #1 in the class. The episode was written by Jim Rash, and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller. The group has to creatively present any moment from history as part of their final history project. Annie proposes a series of banners