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ZYGOMATIC BONE - ANATOMICAL FEATURES

  • malar surface = lateral surface = external surface
  • zygomaticofacial foramen
  • ± malar tubercle
  • temporal surface
  • upper part = anterior wall of temporal and infratemporal fossae
  • lower part = rough triangular articular area
  • zygomatico-temporal foramen
  • frontosphenoidal process = frontal process
  • orbital surface
  • orbital tubercle = orbital eminence = eminentia orbitalis = Whitnall's tubercle
  • orbital process
  • antero-medial surface
  • zygomatico-orbital foramen for zygomatico-temporal nerve
  • zygomatico-orbital foramen for zygomaticofacial nerve
  • postero-lateral surface
  • anterior margin
  • superior margin
  • posterior margin
  • maxillary process
  • temporal process
  • antero-superior border = orbital border
  • antero-inferior border = maxillary border
  • postero-superior border = temporal border
  • postero-inferior border = zygomatic border
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