Where it is
The lateral wall of the mouth, from the corner of the lips to below the ear.
- Layer
- Exterior and regions
- System
- Body regions
- Region
- Head
What it is and what it does
The cheek is the lateral wall of the mouth. It has a masseteric part, firm, over the masseter muscle, and a buccal part, mobile, toward the corner of the mouth, whose foundation is the buccinator muscle. In the dog the cheeks are loose and roomy, with a smooth, often pigmented mucosa. The duct of the parotid gland crosses the cheek and opens opposite the upper teeth.
Worth remembering
Under the cheek run the parotid duct and the branches of the facial nerve, which moves the face.
Names
- Latin term: bucca.
- In Romanian: Obrazul (Romanian page).
In the atlas lessons
The head: what you see, what is underneath (6 min):
The cheek is the lateral wall of the mouth: firm at the back, over the masseter, soft at the front, where its foundation is the buccinator.
Questions from the atlas
"Find it on the drawing" questions whose answer is this structure; in the atlas you will find them in the question bank and in the lessons.
- Show the cheek on the drawing. (level 1)