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buccomandibular

buccomandibular adjective: relating to, or connecting, the cheek and the mandible.

Adjective

buccomandibular (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or connecting, the cheek and the mandible
    • The venous drainage of the ventral oral region (e.g., tongue) is to the tracheal vein (S1 File : Views of Figs 9, 10 and 11 ), bypassing the head and draining into the heart, although a small anastomosis with the lateral head vein, via the buccomandibular vein [1 ], does occur at the level of the...2015 October 15, “Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of buccomandibular

From bucco- + mandibular.

Words that rhyme with buccomandibular

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Questions about buccomandibular

What does buccomandibular mean?
Buccomandibular means relating to, or connecting, the cheek and the mandible.
What part of speech is buccomandibular?
Buccomandibular is an adjective.

Words near buccomandibular in the dictionary

  1. buccohypophysial
  2. buccokinetal
  3. buccolabial
  4. buccolingual
  5. buccolingually
  6. buccomandibular
  7. buccomedial
  8. buccomesial
  9. bucconasal
  10. bucconid
  11. bucconids

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