Zygomatic fossa


zygomatic fossa

zygomatic fossa n.
see infratemporal fossa.
historical examples

in two other cases that i saw, in one the bullet was lodged in the zygomatic fossa, in the second just below the mastoid process.
surgical experiences in south africa, 1899-1900 george henry makins

in another case, a branch of the external carotid artery was wounded by a ball which penetrated at the zygomatic fossa.
a treatise on gunshot wounds thomas longmore

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