1. The cavity between the jaws and the cheeks
   "Food is initially broken down in the buccal cavity"

Derived forms: buccal cavities

Type of: bodily cavity, cavity, cavum

Part of: cakehole [Brit, informal], gob [Brit, informal], hole [informal], kisser [informal], maw [informal], mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, trap [informal], yap [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Buccal cavity