zygoma

英 [zaɪ'gəʊmə; zɪg-] 美[zɪ'ɡomɚ]

zygoma (n.): "bony arch of the cheek," plural zygomata, 1680s, Modern Latin, from Greek zygoma, from zygon "yoke" (see jugular). So called because it connects the bones of the face with those of the skull about the ear.