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Zygomaticofrontal suture

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

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Zygomaticofrontal suture
Side view of zygomaticofrontal suture
Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones (zygomaticofrontal suture labeled at center left)
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Latinsutura frontozygomatica
TA98A03.1.02.017
TA21592
FMA52952
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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.

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

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