Bichat's fat-pad
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fat-pad — An accumulation of somewhat encapsulated adipose tissue. SYN: corpus adiposum [TA], fat body. Bichat fat pad SYN: buccal fat pad. buccal fat pad an encapsuled mass of fat in the cheek on the outer side of the buccinator … Medical dictionary
Buccal fat pad — The buccal fat pad (Bichat s fat pad) is an encapsuled mass of fat in the cheek on the outer side of the buccinator muscle in the space between the masseter muscle and the external surface of the buccinator. It is well developed in… … Wikipedia
Bichat — Marie F.X., French anatomist, physician, and biologist, 1771–1802. See B. canal, B. fat pad, B. fissure, B. fossa, B. ligament, B. membrane, B. protuberance, B. tunic … Medical dictionary
New England Journal of Medicine, The — Despite its regional name, The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is far from provincial. It is an eminent weekly national and international general medical journal, devoted to no single specialty, but to all of medicine. The Journal is… … Medical dictionary
protuberance — A swelling or knoblike outgrowth. A bulging, swelling, or protruding part. SEE ALSO: p.. SYN: protuberantia [TA]. [Mod. L. protuberantia] Bichat p. SYN: buccal fat pad. external occipital p. [TA] a prominence about the cente … Medical dictionary
