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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.
Physiognomy as a practice meets the contemporary definition of pseudoscience [1] [2] [3] and is regarded as such by academics because of its unsupported claims; popular belief in the practice of physiognomy is nonetheless still widespread and modern advances in artificial intelligence have sparked renewed interest in the field of study.
In anatomy, the zygomatic arch (colloquially known as the cheek bone), is a part of the skull formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone (a bone extending forward from the side of the skull, over the opening of the ear) and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone (the side of the cheekbone), the two being united by an oblique suture (the zygomaticotemporal suture); [1] the tendon ...
Williams syndrome (WS), also Williams–Beuren syndrome (WBS), is a genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body. [2] Facial features frequently include a broad forehead, underdeveloped chin, short nose, and full cheeks. [2]
A more prominent brow bone (bone across the centre of the forehead from around the middle of eyebrow across to the middle of the other) and a larger nose bone. [3] A heavier jaw. A high facial width-to-height ratio. [4] However some studies dispute this, and testosterone reduces cheekbone prominence in males. [5] A more prominent chin.
While some characteristics may be peculiar to a culture, all research shows that the traits mentioned on this page as attractive (big eyes, prominent cheekbones, the necessary waist-hip ratio, a triangular face, etcetc) are regarded as attractive by an overwhelming number of cultures.
The term zygoma generally refers to the zygomatic bone, a bone of the human skull that is commonly referred to as the cheekbone or malar bone, but it may also refer to: . The zygomatic arch, a structure in the human skull formed primarily by parts of the zygomatic bone and the temporal bone
I read the article and the definition seems to be obfuscated by random pictures and verbiage dealing mostly (in my understanding) with prominent, mongoloid cheekbones, protruding brow ridges and large orbits. In my mind high cheekbones means small orbits. 67.206.184.216 21:43, 27 December 2014 (UTC)