What is the anatomical wording for the cheek bone?

Answer 1

The cranium is the name for the human skull. The term "cheek bone" is a misnomer, as it is not a separate bone, but is merely a part of the cranium just below the eye socket on either side of the cranium.

Answer 2

the cheek bone is the zygomatic. It can be called the zygomatic arch, process or bone.

Answer 3

The bone is called zygomatic bone, with the area called zygoma.

Answer 4

The cheekbone is the common name for the the zygomatic bone, which is also called the OS zygomatic, malar bone, or jugal bone.

Answer 5

zygomatic arch

Answer 6

Its called the Zygomatic bone

Answer 7

jugal

Answer 8

buccal