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
Museum of Human Anatomy Luigi Rolando theory of Charles Darwin encourages the development of anthropological collections and primatological. In 1898, with the completion of the building of anatomical studies, the museum was moved to its permanent headquarters. The museum, in addition to the collection of purely anatomical features, also contains anthropological collections, phrenological, primatological, artistic and period instruments. There is also a library and an archive of documents and photographs. The museum contains a collection of 200 human wax models. Museum of Human Anatomy Luigi Rolando The Museum of Human Anatomy Luigi Rolando () is a museum of human anatomy that was founded in 1739 with