Zygomaticofrontal suture

Zygomaticofrontal suture
Side view of the skull.
Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones (zygomaticofrontal suture labeled at center left)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Sutura frontozygomatica
TA	A03.1.02.017
FMA	52952
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The zygomaticofrontal suture (or frontozygomatic suture) is the cranial suture between the zygomatic bone and the frontal bone. The suture can be palpated just lateral to the eye.

Additional images

Left zygomatic bone in situ.
The skull from the front.

References

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

External links

Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-1 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier
Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-2 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier

Compound structures of skull

Neurocranium	Calvaria Diploë Asterion Pterion Stephanion Inion Bregma Lambda Fossae anterior middle posterior cranial cavity Base of skull Fontanelle anterior posterior sphenoidal mastoid

Facial skeleton	Nasion Gonion

Both	dacryon zygomatic arch temporal fossa infratemporal fossa pterygomaxillary fissure pterygopalatine fossa

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