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Definition of Jugal bone
1. Noun. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Terms within: Jugal Point, Jugale, Arcus Zygomaticus, Zygoma, Zygomatic Arch, Zygomatic Process
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os
Group relationships: Skull
Medical Definition of Jugal bone
1. A quadrilateral bone which forms the prominence of the cheek; it articulates with the frontal, sphenoid, temporal, and maxillary bone. Synonym: os zygomaticum, cheek bone, jugal bone, mala, malar bone, os malare, yoke bone, zygoma. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jugal Bone
Literary usage of Jugal bone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The anterior frontal and the lacrymal offer nothing worthy of particular notice ;
but the jugal bone is nothing more than an arched and pointed stylet, ..."
2. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"extends backwards beneath the orbit to the posterior margin of the jugal bone,
where its bony matter disappears. The maxilla is widest midway between the ..."
3. The Anatomy of the Frog by Alexander Ecker, George Haslam (1889)
"... quadrato-jugal bone. The cartilaginous basis1 of the Suspensorium (Fig.
17 s/j, »j/) is a direct continuation of the cartilaginous basis of the cranium, ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"... which, uniting to an ascending part of the palatine bone and to are-entering
portion of the jugal bone, forms a partition which separates the orbit from ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1877)
"MX.» Superior maxillary. L. Lachrymal bone. E. Ethmoid. J. jugal bone. Fig. 2.
... J. jugal bone. P. Parietal. 8. Squamous portion of Temporal. ..."
6. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1857)
"By a very beautiful analysis Professor Owen has proved that the quadrate-jugal
bone of the Bird is the homologue of the squamous portion of the Mammalian ..."
7. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1857)
"By a very beautiful analysis Professor Owen has proved that the quadrate-jugal
bone of the Bird is the homologue of the squamous portion of the Mammalian ..."
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