zygomatic bone

facial bone
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q186102
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Summary

zygomatic bone is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of class of anatomical entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,781 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: irregular bone[3], human bone[4], particular anatomical entity[5], skull bone[6]
  • Part of: skull[7]
  • Commons category: Jugal bones[8]
  • Has part(s): lateral surface of zygomatic bone[9], temporal surface of the zygomatic bone[10], orbital surface of the zygomatic bone[11], temporal process of zygomatic bone[12], frontal process of zygomatic bone[13], orbital tubercle of zygomatic bone[14], marginal tubercle of zygomatic bone[15], Zygomatico-orbital foramina[16], Zygomaticofacial foramen[17], Zygomaticotemporal foramen[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Zygomatic bones[19]
  • Commons gallery: Zygomatic bone[20]
  • Facet of: facial feature[21]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Vocabulari d'odontologia[24]
  • Connects with: temporal bone[25], maxilla[26], frontal bone[27], sphenoid bone[28]

Why It Matters

zygomatic bone has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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