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what is a large smooth ball shaped processd on the end of a long bone called

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Zygoma refers to the zygomatic bone in the human face. Zygomatic Bone is the important human facial bone. They are the third largest maxillary bones next to the mandible and upper maxillary bones. They are located on the lower lateral part of the obit in a irregular diamond shape with a rough surface. The zygomatic bone constitute the highest peak pointing to the front lateral direction. The diamond shaped zygomatic bone has four processes. They are the frontosphenoidal process, the maxillary process, the temporal process and the orbital process. The temporal process reaches backward to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. These two processes joined together forming the zygomatic arch. The zygomatic arch located on each side of the skull, shaped in an lateral directed arch. Its upper edge is sharp and it can be easily pulped on the side of the face.


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