Zygomaticotemporal suture

Zygomaticotemporal suture

Zygomaticotemporal suture (red)

Zygomaticotemporal suture (green)
Details
Identifiers
Latin Sutura temporozygomatica
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.) 

See also

References

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

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