Arch, zygomatic
The bone that forms the prominence of the cheek.</P> The zygomatic bone is also known as the zygoma, the zygomatic arch, malar bone, yoke bone.</P> The word 'zygomatic' comes from the Greek 'zygon' meaning a yoke (as for oxen).
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