buccal fat pad

pad (pad) a cushionlike mass of soft material.

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abdominal pad  a pad for the absorption of discharges from abdominal wounds or for packing off abdominal viscera to improve exposure during surgery.

buccal fat pad  sucking p.

dinner pad  a pad placed over the stomach before a plaster jacket is applied; the pad is then removed, leaving space under the jacket to accommodate expansion of the stomach after eating.

infrapatellar fat pad  a large pad of fat lying behind and below the patella.

knuckle pads  nodular thickenings of the skin on the dorsal surface of the interphalangeal joints.

retromolar pad  a cushion-like mass of tissue situated at the distal termination of the mandibular residual ridge.

sucking pad , suctorial pad a lobulated mass of fat that occupies the space between the masseter and the external surface of the buccinator; it is well developed in infants.

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buccal fat pad,

a fat pad in the cheek under the subcutaneous layer of the skin, over the buccinator. It is particularly prominent in infants and is often called a sucking pad.