Associations to the word «Buccal»

BUCCAL, adjective. Of or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the mouth.

BUCCAL, adjective. (dentistry) (of a premolar or molar) On the side facing the cheek.

BUCCAL, adjective. (medicine) (of a drug) Administered in the mouth, not by swallowing but by absorption through the skin of the cheek; often by placing between the top gum and the inside of the lip.

BUCCAL CAVITIES, noun. Plural of buccal cavity

BUCCAL CAVITY, noun. (of an animal) The oral cavity, bound by the cheeks of the face, the palate, and the flesh of the mandible, opening onto the mouth and the fauces, and containing the teeth, tongue, gums, and other structures.

BUCCAL CAVITY, noun. (of an insect) The first part of the stomodaeum, lying just within the mouth; its dilator muscles arising on the clypeus, and inserted before the frontal ganglion and its connectives.

BUCCAL PUMPING, noun. A method of ventilation used in respiration in which the animal moves the floor of its mouth in a rhythmic manner that is externally apparent. It is the sole means of inflating the lungs in amphibians.

BUCCAL, adjective. Of or relating to or toward the cheek.

BUCCAL, adjective. Lying within the mouth; "a buccal gland".

BUCCAL, adjective. Oriented toward the inside of the cheek; "the buccal aspect of the gum".