Relating to both the frontal bone of the forehead and the zygomatic bone (cheekbone).
Compound of fronto- (Latin frons, 'forehead') and zygomatic (from Greek zygon, 'yoke,' describing the cheekbone that connects across the face like a yoke). This anatomical term describes where these facial bones meet.
Your cheekbones literally stick out to the sides like a yoke across a horse—that's where the word zygomatic comes from! The frontozygomatic suture is where your forehead and cheekbone meet, and high cheekbones are determined by this bone structure.
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