Zygomaticotemporal suture

Zygomaticotemporal suture
Zygomaticotemporal suture (red)
Zygomaticotemporal suture (green)
Details
Latin	Sutura temporozygomatica
Identifiers
Gray's	p.182
Dorlands /Elsevier	12774250
TA	A03.1.02.024
FMA	52958
Anatomical terminology

The Zygomaticotemporal suture (or Temporozygomatic suture) is the cranial suture between the zygomatic bone and the temporal bone.

Additional images

Zygomaticotemporal suture (blue circle) and position of two bones.

Position of zygomaticotemporal suture (red). Animation.

Cross section (temporal bones removed). Animation.

Still image (red)

Side view of the skull. (Zygomaticotemporal suture is suture between zygomatic bone, at left in white, and temporal bone, at center in pink.)

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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