arcus zygomaticus

Noun
  1. The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone (synset 105292350)
    hypernym: bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
    part meronym: cheekbone, jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
    synonym: zygoma, zygomatic arch

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