The cheeks are fleshy flaps that form the sides of the face. They are continuous with the lips in front and join at the nasolabial sulcus from the nose to the mouth. Each cheek contains skin, superficial fascia with muscles and structures like the parotid duct, buccinator muscle covered by fascia, submucosa containing mucous glands, and mucous membrane. The buccal pad of fat is most prominent in infants and lies deep to the masseter and in front of it, draining into lymph nodes below the jaw and around the ear.

1. CHEEKS( BUCCAE)
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3. CHEEKS( BUCCAE)
.The cheeks are fleshy flaps, forming a large
part of each side of the face.
They are continuous in front with the lips, and
the junction is indicated by the nasolabial
sulcus(furrow) which extends from the side of
the nose to the angle of the mouth.

4. CHEEKS( BUCCAE)
Each cheek is composed of
 skin
Superficial fascia containing some facial muscles,
the parotid duct, mucous molar glands, vessels
and nerves.
The buccinator covered by buccopharyngeal
fascia and pierced by the parotid duct.
Submucosa, with mucous buccal glands.
Mucous membrane.

5. CHEEKS( BUCCAE)
• The buccal pad of fat is best developed in
infants. It lies on the buccinator partly deep to
the masseter and partly in front of it.
• The lymphatics of the cheek drain chiefly into
the submandibular and preauricular nodes,and
partly also to the buccal and mandibular nodes.