arcus zygomaticus

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Noun

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arcus zygomaticus - the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone zygoma, zygomatic arch 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