os zygomaticum

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Noun

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os zygomaticum - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheekcheekbone, jugal bone, malar, malar bone, zygomatic, zygomatic bonejugal point, jugale - the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bonebone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebratesarcus zygomaticus, zygoma, zygomatic arch - the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal boneskull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrateszygomatic process - a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch