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zygomatic bone

Wikipedia Summary

In the human skull, the zygomatic bone (from Ancient Greek: ζῠγόν, romanized: zugón, lit. 'yoke'), also called cheekbone or malar bone, is a paired irregular bone, situated at the upper and lateral part of the face and forming part of the lateral wall and floor of the orbit, of the temporal fossa and the infratemporal fossa. It presents a malar and a temporal surface; four processes (the frontosphenoidal, orbital, maxillary, and temporal), and four borders. .
Related Codes (3)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
S02.4Fracture of malar, maxillary and zygoma bones
S02.40Fracture of malar, maxillary and zygoma bones, unspecified
S02.40FZygomatic fracture, left side

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