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... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Zygoma
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Zygoma

Preferred term

Zygoma  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bone, Cheek
  • Bone, Jugal
  • Bone, Malar
  • Bones, Cheek
  • Bones, Jugal
  • Bones, Malar
  • Cheek Bone
  • Cheek Bones
  • Jugal Bone
  • Jugal Bones
  • Malar Bone
  • Malar Bones

Scope note

  • Either of a pair of bones that form the prominent part of the CHEEK and contribute to the ORBIT on each side of the SKULL.

In other languages

  • poskiluu

    Finnish

  • os zygomaticum
  • poskipää
  • zygoma
  • Okben

    Swedish

  • Kindben
  • Kindknota
  • Okbensbåge
  • Os zygomaticus

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015050

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