Zygomatic process
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The zygomatic processes (aka. malar) are three processes (protrusions) from other bones of the skull which each articulate with the zygomatic bone. The three processes are:[1]
- Zygomatic process of frontal bone from the frontal bone
- Zygomatic process of maxilla from the maxilla
- Zygomatic process of temporal bone from the temporal bone
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The term zygomatic derives from the Greek Ζυγόμα, zygoma, meaning "yoke". The zygomatic process is occasionally referred to as the zygoma, but this term usually refers to the zygomatic bone or occasionally the zygomatic arch.