Zygomatic bone

Zygomatic bone
Position of the zygomatic bone
Animation of the zygomatic bone
Details
Part ofSkull
ArticulationsMaxilla, temporal bone, sphenoid bone and frontal bone
Identifiers
Latinos zygomaticum, zygoma
TA98A02.1.14.001
TA2818
FMA52747
Anatomical terms of bone

In the human skull, the zygomatic bone (from Ancient Greek: ζῠγόν, romanizedzugón, lit.'yoke'), also called cheekbone or malar bone, is a paired irregular bone, situated at the upper and lateral part of the face and forming part of the lateral wall and floor of the orbit, 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.