Zygomatic process of frontal bone

Zygomatic process of frontal bone

Left zygomatic bone. (Zygomatic process of frontal bone is the part of the frontal bone (upper part of picture) which protrudes above the rest of the bone, connecting to the zygomatic bone.)

Frontal bone at birth. (Zygomatic process visible at lower right.)
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Identifiers
Latin processus zygomaticus ossis frontalis
Dorlands
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p_34/12667770
TA A02.1.03.014
FMA 54389

Anatomical terms of bone

The zygomatic process of frontal bone is the part of the zygomatic process consisting of the frontal bone.

The supraorbital margin of the frontal bone ends laterally in the zygomatic process, which is strong and prominent, and articulates with the zygomatic bone. The zygomatic process of the frontal bone extends from the frontal bone laterally and inferiorly.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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