The muscle that compresses the cheeks when you are eating or sucking on a straw is the ________

A) zygomaticus
B) platysma
C) masseter
D) buccinator


D
Explanation:
A) The zygomaticus does not compress the cheeks.
B) The platysma is not the muscle that compresses the cheeks.
C) The masseter does not compress the cheeks.

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