buccal mucosa

Definition

The inner lining of the cheeks and lips.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Neighbouring structures

• frenulum of lip
• mouth floor
• secondary palate
• tooth row
• faucial part of mouth
• gingiva of lower jaw
• gingiva of upper jaw
• mandibular part of mouth
• maxillary part of mouth
• soft palate
• tongue

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Identifiers

FMA

59785

UBERON

0006956

Wikidata

Q66556208