[[File:Sobo 1909 93.png|thumb|Interior of the mandible, side view. The buccinator crest can be seen posteriorly to the third molar.]] The '''buccinator crest''' (Latin '''''crista buccinatoria''''') is a bony crest of the human mandible, that passes from the base of the coronoid process to the area of the third molar.<ref>https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/buccinator+crest The Free Dictionary's medical dictionary definition of buccinator crest</ref> The alveolar border of the buccinator muscle attaches upon it.<ref name="Gray1907">{{cite book|author=Henry Gray|title=Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AA5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA124|year=1907|publisher=Lea Brothers & Company|page=124}}</ref>
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Category:Bones of the head and neck
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