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buccal

/buhk-uhl/US // ˈbʌk əl //UK // (ˈbʌkəl) //

颊部,颊侧,颊骨,颊脂腺

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Anatomy.

    • : of or relating to the cheek.
    • : pertaining to the sides of the mouth or to the mouth; oral.
    • : Dentistry. directed toward the cheek.Compare distal, mesial.

Examples

  • The ear communicates with the buccal cavity by the Eustachian tube, so does the branchial chamber by means of the gill-slits.

  • The fifth cusp always appears in the middle of the heel, or between the posterior lingual and the posterior buccal.

  • The lingual tubercle is very constant on the first bicuspid of man and is as well developed as the buccal.

  • They, however, resemble even as much in arrangement and greater number the buccal cirri of Amphioxus.

  • Rod-like cuticular continuation of inner jaw, lying in a pit of the buccal cavity.