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CHEEK BONE
A quadrilateralbone which forms the prominence of the cheek; it articulates with the frontal, sphenoid, temporal, and maxillary bone.
Synonym: os zygomaticum, cheek bone, jugal bone, mala, malar bone, os malare, yoke bone, zygoma.