Zygomatic arch
the bony arch at the outer border of the eye socket, formed by the union of the cheekbone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
historical examples
the cranial cavity is very small, the orbit confluent with the temporal fossa, and the zygomatic arch m-ssive.
the vertebrate skeleton sidney h. reynolds
in ornithorhynchus the zygomatic arch is much stouter than in echidna.
the vertebrate skeleton sidney h. reynolds
as yet there is no clear evidence that reduction of the zygomatic arch is of adaptive value.
natural history of the ornate box turtle, terrapene ornata ornata ag-ssiz john m. legler
the orbit is not encircled by bone, but there is a strong process from the frontal, which nearly meets the zygomatic arch.
the cambridge natural history, vol x., mammalia frank evers beddard
the zygomatic arch is slender, and postorbital processes are not generally well developed.
the vertebrate skeleton sidney h. reynolds
the zygomatic arch is complete, but the jugal is short and only forms the middle of it.
the vertebrate skeleton sidney h. reynolds
processes from the jugal and frontal in living forms never meet and enclose the orbit, but the zygomatic arch is always complete.
the vertebrate skeleton sidney h. reynolds
the zygomatic arch is occasionally fractured by a direct blow.
manual of surgery volume second: extremities–head–neck. sixth edition. alexander miles
the zygomatic arch is usually slender or incomplete, and the coronoid process and angle of the mandible are commonly prominent.
the vertebrate skeleton sidney h. reynolds
the zygomatic arch is incomplete, and the jugal (fig. 91, 5) is curiously forked, but in a manner differing in the two genera.
the vertebrate skeleton sidney h. reynolds
noun
the slender arch of bone that forms a bridge between the cheekbone and the temporal bone on each side of the skull of mammals also called zygoma
zygomatic arch n.
the arch formed by the temporal process of the zygomatic bone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. also called zygoma.
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