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| - BUCCINATOR
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External alveolar margins of maxilla and mandible by molar teeth, to maxillary tubercle and pterygoid hamulus and posterior mylohyoid line respectively, then via pterygomandibular raphe between bones | | INSERTION: | Decussates at modiolus of mouth and interdigitates with opposite side
| | ACTION: |
Assists mastication, tenses cheeks in blowing and whistling, assists closure of mouth
| | NERVE: |
Buccal branch of facial nerve (VII)
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