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cheek (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term bucca (par)
Official term cheek (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U2290
Unit type pair
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit cheek (pair)
Links of entity generic: cheek
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: mouth Short Extended
Level 3: anterior part of mouth
Taxonomic links Level 1: subdivision of part of human body Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: subdivision of head Short Extended
Level 3: subdivision of face
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition A cheek is a subdivision of mouth [divisio oris ] which is delimitating laterally the oral vestibule.
Encyclopedic definition Lateral wall of vestibule of mouth.
Encyclopedic definition the fleshy portion of the side of the face, constituting the lateral wall of the oral cavity.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U2275
TAH:U2276
TAH:U17617
TAH:U2290 cheek (pair) UOS
Total
3 children
Taxonomy
Date: 20.11.2025