page_title: Zygomatic process
section_title: Zygomatic process of maxilla
hierarchical_section_title: Zygomatic process / Zygomatic process of maxilla
caption_attribution_description: English: Zygomatic process of maxilla (shown in red) 日本語: 上顎骨の頬骨突起（赤色で示す）
context_page_description: The zygomatic processes are three processes from other bones of the skull which each articulate with the zygomatic bone. The three processes are:
  Zygomatic process of frontal bone from the frontal bone
  Zygomatic process of maxilla from the maxilla
  Zygomatic process of temporal bone from the temporal bone
  The term zygomatic derives from the Greek Ζυγόμα, zygoma, meaning "yoke". The zygomatic process is occasionally referred to as the zygoma, but this term usually refers to the zygomatic bone or occasionally the zygomatic arch.
context_section_description: The zygomatic process of the maxilla (malar process) is a rough triangular eminence, situated at the angle of separation of the anterior, zygomatic, and orbital surfaces. 
  In front it forms part of the anterior surface.
  Behind it is concave, and forms part of the infratemporal fossa.
  Above it is rough and serrated for articulation with the zygomatic bone.
  Below it presents the prominent arched border which marks the division between the anterior and infratemporal surfaces.
caption: Zygomatic process shown in red
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