Zygomaticotemporal suture

The zygomaticotemporal suture (or temporozygomatic suture) is the cranial suture between the zygomatic bone and the temporal bone.

Zygomaticotemporal suture
Zygomaticotemporal suture (red)
Zygomaticotemporal suture (green)
Details
Identifiers
LatinSutura temporozygomatica
TAA03.1.02.024
FMA52958
Anatomical terminology

Additional images
  • Zygomaticotemporal suture (blue circle) and position of two bones.
      Zygomatic bone
      Temporal bone
  • 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.)

See also

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 182 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  • "Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01.


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