Tags: Anatomical Structure.
The zygomatic arch or cheek bone is formed by the zygomatic process of temporal bone (a bone extending forward from the side of the skull over the opening of the ear) and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone (the side of the cheekbone) the two being united by an oblique suture (zygomaticotemporal suture); the tendon of the Temporalis passes medial to the arch to gain insertion into the coronoid process of the mandible.
