zygomatic arch (redirected from zygomatic arches)

zygomatic arch

n.

The bony arch in vertebrates that extends along the side or front of the skull beneath the eye socket and that is formed by the zygomatic bone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.

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zygomatic arch

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) 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

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zygomatic arch - the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone arcus zygomaticus, zygoma bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates 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