Zygomaticofacial foramen
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| Bone: Zygomaticofacial foramen | ||
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| The skull from the front. (Zygomaticofacial foramen labeled at center right.) | ||
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| Left zygomatic bone. Malar surface. | ||
| Latin | foramen zygomaticofaciale | |
| Gray's | subject #40 164 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_12/12373901 | |
The malar surface of the zygomatic bone is convex and perforated near its center by a small aperture, the zygomaticofacial foramen, for the passage of the zygomaticofacial nerve and vessels; below this foramen is a slight elevation, which gives origin to the Zygomaticus.
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| Foramina of the skull (and canals and fissures) |
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| foramina: cecum - ethmoidal (anterior, posterior) - incisive - jugular - lacerum - magnum - mandibular - mastoid - mental - optic - orbital (infraorbital, supraorbital) - ovale - palatine (greater, lesser) - parietal - rotundum - sphenopalatine - spinosum - stylomastoid - zygomaticofacial - zygomaticotemporal
canals: carotid - condylar - hypoglossal - incisive - pterygoid fissures: orbital (inferior, superior) - petrotympanic external acoustic meatus - internal acoustic meatus - cribriform plate |
