buccomandibular
English edit
Etymology edit
bucco- + mandibular
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
buccomandibular (not comparable)
- Relating to, or connecting, the cheek and the mandible
- 2015 October 15, “Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- 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 jugular constrictor muscle.