Buccinator crest

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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.[1] The alveolar border of the buccinator muscle attaches upon it.[2]

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  1. ^ https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/buccinator+crest The Free Dictionary's medical dictionary definition of buccinator crest
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