zygomatic process (redirected from Zygomatic processes)

zygomatic process

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Any of three processes that articulate with the zygomatic bone, especially the process from the temporal bone that articulates to form the zygomatic arch.

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zygomatic process

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a slender bony process of the temporal bone that forms part of the zygomatic arch

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zygomatic process - a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch cheekbone, jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"