Skeletal system
Zygomatic bone
Os zygomaticum
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Bones of cranium
DescriptionUnreviewed
In the human skull, the zygomatic bone (cheekbone or malar bone) is a paired irregular bone which articulates with the maxilla, the temporal bone, the sphenoid bone and the frontal bone.
It is situated at the upper and lateral part of the face and forms the prominence of the cheek, part of the lateral wall and floor of the orbit, and parts of the temporal fossa and the infratemporal fossa.
It presents a malar and a temporal surface; four processes (the frontosphenoidal, orbital, maxillary, and temporal), and four borders.
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Names
- Latin
- Os zygomaticum
- English
- Zygomatic bone
- French
- Os zygomatique
- Spanish
- Hueso cigomático
- Portuguese
- Osso zigomático