What is "zygomatic bone"

n. The cheekbone.

n. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, mala, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]

In the human skull, the zygomatic bone (cheekbone or malar bone) is a paired bone which articulates with the maxilla, the temporal bone, the sphenoid bone and the frontal bone. It is situated at the upper and lateral part of the face and forms the prominence of the cheek, part of the lateral wall and floor of the orbit, and parts of the temporal and infratemporal fossa. It presents a malar and a temporal surface; four processes, the frontosphenoidal, orbital, maxillary, and temporal; and four borders.