Tags: Anatomical Structure, Bone.

In the human skull the zygomatic bone (cheekbone malar bone) is a paired bone which articulates with the maxilla the temporal bone the sphenoid bone and the frontal bone. It is situated at the upper and lateral part of the face and forms the prominence of the cheek part of the lateral wall and floor of the orbit and parts of the temporal and infratemporal fossa.

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