Zygomatic synonyms

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cheekbone
The small prominent bone of the cheek.
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zygomatic-bone
(Anat.) A bone of the zygomatic arch on either side of the face, forming the prominence of each cheek; cheekbone
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malar
(Anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.
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jugal bone
the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
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os zygomaticum
the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
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Zygomatic Sentence Examples

  • - The rodent skull is characterized by the great size of the premaxillae, which completely separate the nasals from the maxillae; by the presence of zygomatic arches; and by the wide unoccupied space existing between the incisors and the cheek-teeth; and (except in the Duplicidentata) by the antero-posteriorly elongated glenoid cavity for the articulation of the lower jaw.

  • The zygomatic arch is variously developed, and the position of the jugal is a character for grouping the families.

  • In the skull the tympanic bulla is hollow, the pterygoid fossa shallow and the zygomatic arch slender, with a rudimentary jugal bone.

  • It shows the characteristic hippopotamus-flange to the lower jaw, but has also a large descending process from the jugal bone of the zygomatic arch of the skull.

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