Zygomatico-orbital foramen
zygomatico-orbital foramen
zygomatico-orbital foramen n.
the common opening on the orbital surface of the zygomatic bone, transmitting the zygomaticofacial and zygomaticotemporal nerves.
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zygomaticofacial foramen zygomaticofacial foramen zy·go·mat·i·co·fa·cial foramen (zī’gə-māt’ĭ-kō-fā’shəl) n. the opening on the lateral surface of the zygomatic bone, transmitting the zygomaticofacial nerve.
- Zygomaticotemporal foramen
zygomaticotemporal foramen zygomaticotemporal foramen zy·go·mat·i·co·tem·po·ral foramen (zī’gə-māt’ĭ-kō-těm’pər-əl, -těm’prəl) n. the opening on the temporal surface of the zygomatic bone of the c-n-l for p-ssage of the zygomaticotemporal nerve.
- Zygomaticomaxillary suture
zygomaticomaxillary suture zygomaticomaxillary suture zy·go·mat·i·co·max·il·lar·y suture (zī’gə-māt’ĭ-kō-māk’sə-lěr’ē) n. the articulation of the zygomatic bone with the zygomatic process of the maxilla.
- Zygomaxillare
zygomaxillare zygomaxillare zy·go·max·il·lar·e (zī’gə-māk’sə-lâr’ē) n. a craniometric point located externally at the lowest extent of the zygomaticomaxillary suture. also called zygomaxillary point.
- Zygomorphic
having bilateral symmetry; divisible lengthwise into similar or symmetrical halves. historical examples the flowers are always more or less bilaterally symmetrical (zygomorphic). elements of structural and systematic botany douglas houghton campbell when a flower can be divided by a single plane into two exactly similar parts; then it is said to be zygomorphic. encyclopaedia britannica, […]