Interior of the mandible, side view. The buccinator crest can be seen posteriorly to the third molar.
The buccinator crest (Latin crista buccinatoria ) is a bony crest of the human mandible , that passes from the base of the coronoid process to the area of the third molar . The alveolar border of the buccinator muscle attaches upon it.
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https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/buccinator+crest The free dictionary's medical dictionary defenition of buccinator crest
Henry Gray (1907). Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical . Lea Brothers & Company. p. 124.
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