Cheek

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Cheek
Girl with prominent (puffy) cheeks.
Latin maxilla
Artery buccal artery
Nerve buccal nerve, buccal branch of the facial nerve
MeSH Cheek
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Cheeks (Latin: maxilla, also malā: "jaw") constitute the area of the face below the eyes and between the nose and the left or right ear.

It is fleshy in humans and other mammals, the skin being suspended by the chin and the jaws, and forming the lateral wall of the human mouth, visibly touching the cheekbone below the eye.

In vertebrates, markings on the cheek area (malar stripes/spots/...), particularly immediately beneath the eye, often serve as important distinguishing features between species or individuals.

"Buccal" means relating to the cheek.

In humans, the region is innervated by the buccal nerve.

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Human anatomical features
Head Skull · Forehead · Eye · Ear · Nose · Mouth · Tongue · Teeth · Jaw · Face · Cheek · Chin
Neck Throat · Adam's apple
Torso Shoulders · Spine · Breast (Tail of Spence) · Chest · Ribcage · Abdomen · Navel
Sex organs (Clitoris · Vagina · Penis · Scrotum · Testicle) – Hip · Anus · Buttocks
Limbs Arm · Elbow · Forearm · Wrist · Hand · Finger (Thumb · Index · Middle · Ring · Little) · Leg · Lap · Thigh · Knee · Calf · Heel · Ankle · Foot · Toe (Hallux)
Skin Hair
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General anatomy of head and neck - head
Face/Occiput Forehead • Eye • Ear • Temple • Cheek • Chin
External nose Nostril • Nasal septum • Cartilages (Accessory nasal, of the septum, Greater alar, Lateral nasal, Lesser alar, Vomeronasal)  • Olfactory glands
Nasal cavity Choana • Turbinate • Sphenoethmoidal recess • Ethmoid bulla • Hiatus semilunaris • Ostium maxillare • Inferior meatus • Vomeronasal organ • Paranasal sinus
Mouth/oral cavity Lip (Upper, Lower)  • Philtrum • Jaw • Pterygomandibular raphe
Teeth Permanent (Incisor, Canine, Premolar, Molar)  • Deciduous
Tongue Plica fimbriata • Median sulcus • Foramen cecum • Terminal sulcus • Frenulum linguae • Anterior tongue • Posterior tongue
Palate/roof of mouth Hard palate • Soft palate • Palatine raphe • Incisive papilla • Uvula • Pharyngeal recess • Arches (Palatoglossal, Palatopharyngeal)
Salivary glands Parotid gland/Parotid duct • Submandibular gland/Submandibular duct • Sublingual gland/Major sublingual duct
Other fascia (Masseteric fascia, Temporal fascia, Galea aponeurotica) • Scalp
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