1. The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
   "A fracture of the zygoma can result from facial trauma";
   - zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus

Derived forms: zygomas, zygomata

Type of: bone, os[2]

Part of: cheekbone, jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone

Encyclopedia: Zygoma