HyperDic: zygomatic_arch

English > 1 sense of the expression zygomatic arch:
NOUNbodyzygomatic arch, zygoma, arcus zygomaticusthe slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
English > zygomatic arch: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
Synonymszygoma, arcus zygomaticus
Part ofcheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticumThe arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
Broaderbone, osrigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Spanisharco cigomático, cigoma
Catalanarc zigomàtic, cigoma, zigoma

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