| Zygomatic bone | |
|---|---|
 Position of the zygomatic bone | |
 Animation of the zygomatic bone | |
| Details | |
| Part of | Skull |
| Articulations | Maxilla, temporal bone, sphenoid bone and frontal bone |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | os zygomaticum, zygoma |
| TA98 | A02.1.14.001 |
| TA2 | 818 |
| FMA | 52747 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
In the human skull, the zygomatic bone (from Ancient Greek: ζῠγόν, romanized: zugón, 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.