Zygomatic bone

Study entry

Parts

A pair of quadrilateral bones that form the prominence of the cheeks, on the inferolateral sides of the orbits, resting on the maxillae: they make the anterolateral margins, the walls and a good part of the infra-orbital margins of the orbits.

Joints

With the frontal, the sphenoid, the temporal (zygomatic arch) and the maxilla.

Palpation

The prominence of the cheek.

Source: cap. 8, «Cráneo»

Other structures in this region

• Thyroid cartilage
• Cricoid cartilage
• Arytenoid, corniculate and cuneiform cartilages
• Epiglottis (epiglottic cartilage)
• Membranes and ligaments of the larynx (conus elasticus and quadrangular membrane)
• Frontal bone
• Parietal bone
• Occipital bone