資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Zygomatic \Zyg`o*mat"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. zygomatique.]
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.
{Zygomatic arch}, the arch of bone beneath the orbit, formed
in most mammals by the union of the malar, or jugal, with
the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. In the lower
vertebrates other bones may help to form it, and there may
be two arches on each side of the skull, as in some
reptiles.
{Zygomatic process}, a process of the temporal or squamosal
bone helping to form the zygomatic arch.
資料來源 : WordNet®
zygomatic arch
n : the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the
cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the
temporal bone [syn: {zygoma}, {arcus zygomaticus}]