Letter C

Checkpoint

The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth.

The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the skull that provides the prominence of the cheek.

The word "cheek" comes from the Middle English "cheke" meaning the fleshy part of the jaw or jowl.

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